I’ve always enjoyed the array of responses our editorial content inspires — especially lately with……...
Fall 2019
Publisher's Letter
Prelude
Founded in 1979 by André Ménard and Alain Simard, the Montreal International Jazz Festival has……...
Over the years, vocalist Mary Stallings has typically subscribed to a philosophy summed up by……...
Known for melding jazz with the sounds of his native Jamaica, pianist Monty Alexander has……...
Saxophonist Miguel Zenón’s soundtrack to growing up in Puerto Rico encompassed many salsa luminaries. But……...
Traditions
Originally published on September 1, 2019. Among three stunning solo-piano improvisations on Adbullah Ibrahim’s latest……...
Contempo
Decades before Tierney Sutton became an eight-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist renowned for her delicate yet……...
Blu Notes
Marcus Shelby started playing baseball as a 12-year-old boy. He loved the game, but once……...
Magazine Features
So many horn and reed players filled the stage of the New Orleans Jazz &……...
Elegantly attired in a patterned blue-and-yellow gown and matching headscarf, a gold ankh dripping from……...
There’s a saying attributed to the drummer Art Blakey: “Music washes away the dust of……...
It’s mid-afternoon on the last day of May, and Fabian Almazan is settling into his……...
Auditions
This two-CD tribute to Art Blakey, recorded live over two nights in 2018 at the……...
Dominican bandleader Michel Camilo goes all out with this dizzying display of Latin big band……...
It may seem unnecessary to emphasize that the chief reason to pay attention to Brandee……...
Four audacious veterans of creative music comprise The OGJB Quartet, their name derived from each……...
Given the economics, few jazz musicians can survive in one band without freelancing. In the…
Although artists from Charles Mingus to Jaco Pastorius have left an indelible mark on the……...
Spiritual jazz — a style of devotional modal-to-free jazz that is most often associated with……...
Restless, careening and dense with information, it’s hard to imagine bebop developing anywhere other than……...
Strands of history are woven into the beguiling tapestry of When Will the Blues Leave,……...
Vocalist Nancy Kelly considers the many talents of singer and lyricist Mark Murphy on a……...
A new recording by David Sánchez is an occasion to celebrate. That’s decidedly the case……...
With the release of his self-titled third album, Canadian-born drummer-composer Curtis Nowosad has more on……...
JD Allen’s massive tenor tone sounds as if it were tilled from dark, loamy soil.…
Trombonist Naomi Moon Siegel lives in Montana, but she developed her distinctive voice in the……...
The word devotion may well imply spiritual matters. But that doesn’t mean straight-up reverential or……...
Tori Freestone, a highly regarded British tenor saxophonist, packs a lot into El Mar de…
On previous recordings, New York City-based drummer Matt Slocum featured compositions tailored toward themes and……...
Coda
Nicole Mitchell has long dreamt of performing in Africa. Her Black Earth Ensemble, which celebrated……...