Charles Mingus was larger than life in every sense of the phrase. His heft seemed……...
Summer 2022
Publisher's Letter
Prelude
It was a good night for bass players. Not only did Christian McBride collect a……...
Inspired by Mingus, bassist James Singleton ventures out to the edge. Along with his ongoing……...
Originally published on June 3, 2022. By Bob Weinberg Few practitioners have changed the way……...
A reissue of a classic quartet recording finds Charles Mingus at his uncompromising best. “Good……...
Bassist Brian Bromberg already had a 20-plus-year recording career by 2002, the year he increased……...
Contempo
Recommitting himself to his instrument, Or Bareket crafts an artful, personal album steeped in family……...
Blu Notes
Bassist Michael Bisio feels the force of creative music and follows its flow. In the……...
Magazine Features
For most of his 85 years, bassist Ron Carter has held firm to the beat……...
Dave Holland remembers Mingus and discusses his own long and varied path as one of……...
Versatile, volatile and extraordinarily gifted, Charles Mingus left a musical legacy as compelling and complex……...
Auditions
Black Flower, Magma (SDBAN) What a welcome find. This Belgian quintet stirs together a compelling……...
When CDs were all the rage, who would have guessed there’d be a vinyl resurgence?……...
During the past decade and a half, Tigran Hamasyan has earned a reputation as one……...
Composer and pianist Jeremy Siskind programmatically organized the 22 tracks on this double-disc pandemic collection……...
Will Bernard is one of those gifted cats who makes pleasantly surprising pop-ups in all……...
On Together: Honoring My Father, saxophonist Carlos Averhoff Jr. not only pays tribute to his……...
Cécile McLorin Salvant remains one of the jazz world’s most compelling vocalists, in part because……...
There’s no telling where the music will go on this album of beautifully surreal performances……...
Nearly 60 years after she waxed her first recording in her native Rio de Janeiro,……...
With his career in full swing — signed to Blue Note and critically adored —……...
Four stalwarts of contemporary creative music came together on an autumnal afternoon for the entirely……...
An exemplar of the vibrant South African jazz scene, 39-year-old pianist-composer Nduduzo Makhathini has issued……...
Along with the five albums he had previously released under his leadership, bassist Roberto Occhipinti……...
Coda
I first encountered Charles Mingus in 1972, when he brought his band to the Brown……...