Five drummers sitting around talking. That’s the heart — the master shot sequence — of……...
April 2022
Prelude
All that was written on the label of the 16 mm film can was “jazz……...
Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon has been incredibly prolific throughout his career, having released 40 albums……...
Music has long been a driving force behind movements for social justice and racial equality….…...
Crisálida, the new recording by Panamanian pianist and composer Danilo Pérez, is among his most……...
Magazine Features
Versatile, volatile and extraordinarily gifted, Charles Mingus left a musical legacy as compelling and complex……...
Since his mid-30s, Kurt Rosenwinkel, now 51, has held quasi-guitar god stature among connoisseurs of……...
While serving as a cryptographer in the U.S. Army during the early 1950s, the artist……...
Auditions
Mood music for the cool kids? Space rock for jazzers? Atmospheric expressionism for the improv……...
As jazz composers continue to develop and expand compositional formats, their endeavors sometimes leave listeners……...
Even during more normal times, Eugenie Jones’ goal would have been difficult to achieve. The……...
Madrid-born and New York-based Marta Sanchez outdoes herself as both a composer and a pianist……...
Nearly everything about Feeding the Machine feels unexpected, and that may be the best thing……...
Neon is an appropriate title for Canadian pianist Andrew Boudreau’s latest recording. The album is……...
Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana’s star has been rising for years, building on an advancing artistic……...
As indicated by its title, New Gospel Revisited recasts the compositions featured on trumpeter Marquis……...