Maybe it was your parents’ worn copy of Ella and Louis. Or maybe it was……...
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Fall 2021
Publisher's Letter
Prelude
Disc One The Jazz Singers On her self-titled debut recording for the Whirlwind imprint, Samara……...
Starting with two sold-out performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in……...
Originally published on September 3, 2021. By Lissette Corsa The extraordinary life of South African……...
The COVID-19 pandemic inspired untold thousands to take a trip to what, for many, was……...
Traditions
The setting is so intimate you can hear him breathe. Like the dry clack of……...
Contempo
A legendary quote from Audrey Hepburn adorns the home page of Bill Kwan’s dermatology practice……...
Blu Notes
Bessie Smith’s blues moan. Billie Holiday’s searing rendition of “Strange Fruit.” Abbey Lincoln’s riveting directness……...
Magazine Features
During their formative years, neither Lauren Henderson nor Camille Thurman anticipated that singing would be……...
Kurt Elling had never met the members of Butcher Brown before he stepped on stage……...
This article was originally published in the Fall 2021 print issue of JAZZIZ Magazine. By……...
Singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Michael Mayo describes his debut album, Bones (Mack Avenue), as the……...
Auditions
Alto saxophonist Vincent Herring nearly canceled the in-studio recording sessions for Preaching to the Choir,……...
It may take years before music scholars can fully access how the pandemic that began……...
Her second album with producer Craig Street, New Moon Daughter was the apotheosis of Cassandra……...
There’s plenty happening on Ben Goldberg’s enigmatically titled new album, which thrives on group interactions,……...
Anna Webber has firmly established a reputation as an innovative improviser and composer whose works……...
It’s clear from the opening notes of vibraphonist-composer Jalen Baker’s This is Me, This is……...
This third disc from Alchemy Sound Project revels in flow, but it opens with a……...
Even on first listen, Strata evokes a feeling of familiarity so rich that it bleeds……...
Cochemea, Vol. II: Baca Sewa (Daptone) Cochemea Gastelum has forged his own brand of transcendental……...
There is no easy way to describe Tree Falls, pianist Taylor Eigsti’s first album as……...
Love Exists Everywhere, Blue Reality Quartet’s debut album, is ultimately an ode to resilience and……...
Here’s yet more astonishing music performed live at Baltimore’s venerable Left Bank Jazz Society. The……...
Saxophonist and composer Maria Grand has an original creative outlook coupled with a unique style….…...
Originally published on September 3, 2021. By James Rozzi The highly accented 12/8 rhythms of……...
Coda
I’ve spent some time recently listening to vocalist Roseanna Vitro’s very first album, Listen Here……...