Songs of Freedom features moving and vibrant interpretations of classic material associated with Nina Simone,……...
April 2019
Prelude
When Samantha Boshnack moved to Seattle from her native New York state in 2003, she……...
Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake returned to Europe in the fall of 1966, the vocal-piano…
Rashied Ali is perhaps best known for his work on John Coltrane’s Interstellar Space, the……...
Magazine Features
In early 2003, Moppa Elliott made a career move that, by most any jazz standard,……...
Joshua Redman is going nowhere fast. It’s mid-afternoon on Valentine’s Day and the saxophonist is……...
Auditions
Greg Ward’s last album, Touch My Beloved’s Thought, used Charles Mingus’ classic The Black Saint……...
The latest recording by The Ebony Hillbillies, a group that self-identifies as “the premier African-American……...
In the best of circumstances, sustained time together elevates a group dynamic, as proven by……...
A duo featuring virtuosic Cuban artists — pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and percussionist Pedrito Martinez, both……...
“Ain’t I a Woman,” the sultry blues/gospel number that kicks off Momentum, moves with a……...