Guitarist Lionel Loueke, bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth return with their first album…
May 2020
Prelude
We’re all looking for an escape right now, and vinyl is a fabulous drug when done properly. So which phono pre-amplifier should you buy?
In this episode of JAZZIZ Daily Brunch, we are joined by vocalist Flora Purim and…
True to the title of his new album Solid, Boney James and his soulful, urban-driven silk and funk adventures have been among smooth jazz’s surest bets for nearly 30 years.
Magazine Features
Originally published on May 5, 2020 Against a background of full-throated endorsement by Wynton Marsalis……...
The following interview is derived from a conversation between Bob James and JAZZIZ Editor and……...
Bob James is best known as a progenitor of smooth jazz. A two-time GRAMMY Award-winner,…
Auditions
At the helm of an 18-piece band, guitarist and composer Joel Harrison crafts a personal……...
The pianist’s myriad influences are evident throughout a set that’s at once deeply introspective and quietly extroverted.
Among the many influences on saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, singing in the church choir from age……...
London-born pianist and composer Dan Costa has long had an affinity for Brazilian music, even winning a merit grant to study at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas in São Paulo.
Bob Dylan penned his impressionistic anthem “Chimes of Freedom” in early 1964, at the height…
Coda
Keyboardist Onaje Allan Gumbs passed away on April 6, 2020, at age 70. JAZZIZ Publisher……...