It was wood blocks rather than drums that powered the earliest jazz recordings. Not that……...
Spring 2022
Publisher's Letter
Prelude
Paul Motian’s was a singular voice in the jazz world. Going back to his work……...
In the year leading up to his 80th birthday this past December, the ageless trumpeter……...
Though he ultimately settled on the more poetic Resonant Bodies, Adam Rudolph half-seriously considered calling……...
Traditions
The pandemic has weighed heavily on the mind of Louis Hayes. It’s no accident that……...
Contempo
Makaya McCraven’s renown as a sound visionary and innovative “beat scientist” would seem to be……...
Blu Notes
By June 2020, the red double doors to the Village Vanguard, New York’s oldest continuously……...
Magazine Features
Disc One: The Drum Thing As a quartet that expanded to a quintet with the…
In September 2020, Jorge Rossy, then 56, recorded Puerta, his first leader album for ECM….…...
It’s hard to think of an under-40 drummer who manifests experimental imperatives and idiomatic mastery……...
Historians may quibble over the exact origins of jazz. But few will doubt that, at……...
It’s one week after the remnants of Hurricane Ida left much of New York City……...
Auditions
If you haven’t heard of pianist Adam Berenson, it’s not for lack of his trying….…...
Portuguese pianist Júlio Resende intentionally obscures the line between his homeland’s deeply rooted fado music……...
Originally published on March 9, 2022. By John Frederick Moore Bassist Tyler Mitchell joined the……...
Bassist John Hébert reshapes and reimagines the standard jazz quintet on this album of four……...
Singer Catherine Russell’s eighth album as leader, Send for Me, buoyantly celebrates the spirit and……...
Although he came on the scene in Brazil in the late 1950s — at the……...
Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins’ sophomore album — creative, conceptually ambitious and deeply emotional — cements his……...
Many of 66-year-old pianist Fred Hersch’s banner releases — both before and after his near-rebirth……...
Listening to a quartet of highly experienced yet under-recorded jazz musicians is akin to stepping……...
On New Year’s Eve 2020, drummer Andrew Cyrille, double bassist William Parker and flugelhornist Enrico……...
Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Disasters Vol. 1 (Hot Cup) Bassist Moppa Elliott’s MOPDtK……...
Rashied Ali didn’t know the session was going to be just drums and saxophone until……...
Tomas Fujiwara’s scintillating new record, March (Firehouse 12), is in part a reflection of the……...
Coda
New York-based pianist Russ Lossing worked with drummer Paul Motian for a dozen years, performing……...