In the ’60s, when I was an impressionable, prepubescent lad growing up in New Jersey,……...
Winter 2019
Publisher's Letter
Prelude
In 1995, baritone vocalist Kevin Mahogany teamed up with the redoubtable WDR Big Band to……...
Poncho Sanchez is no stranger to the tribute album. During the course of his nearly……...
In the meticulously researched Rabbit’s Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges (Oxford University……...
On Modern Ancestors (Afrasia Productions), singer/songwriter Carmen Lundy incorporates Afro-Cuban rhythms, spiritual sounds inspired by……...
Guitarist Bill Frisell, long-known for his genre-straddling work in jazz and Americana on labels such……...
Traditions
Reading the books to which Brian Lynch links his compositions is not a prerequisite for……...
Contempo
One can imagine the knowing glances Kirk Whalum shot across the studio to Keiko Matsui……...
Blu Notes
On a December afternoon in 2017, I gathered eight prominent musicians around a dining-room table……...
Magazine Features
In London, homegrown talent has been on the upswing, with the best and brightest players……...
That long-touted “special relationship” between England and the United States extends from politics and humor……...
Over the last year, a lot of memorable albums have been released. As we always……...
Overshadowed by the worldwide domination of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, a creative jazz……...
That buzz you hear emanating from the jazz underground? It’s London calling. If you’ve paid…
Auditions
Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi) — Two top-rank players……...
“We as human beings can manifest our own futures,” says pianist and composer Victor Gould….…...
Chase Baird’s new studio ensemble functions like an ecosystem. The New York-based saxophonist released his……...
Being both evolutionary and tradition-channeling, jazz is an art form predisposed to honor its most……...
By now you’ve probably heard the story behind Blue World, the second “lost album” of……...
Even if your ear doesn’t immediately clue you in, the Curtis Brothers — pianist Zaccai……...
British-born bassist Dave Holland, Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain and New York-based saxophonist Chris Potter……...
Following pianist Yonathan Avishai’s contributions to trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s recent ECM group projects, label founder……...
This sextet, the brainchild of drummer Gerald Cleaver, first appeared on record more than a……...
Pianist Ethan Iverson describes his fourth appearance on ECM as a nostalgic love letter to……...
Daymé Arocena’s swift ascent in the international jazz scene as a gifted vocalist and composer……...
More than most of his peers, guitarist Joel Harrison, 62, has refused to be hemmed……...
Closing in on 25 years since his Verve debut, versatile trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton……...
The odds of young talent succeeding at any task are greatly enhanced by the presence……...
For more than a quarter of a century, Canadian saxophonist and flutist Jane Bunnett has……...
Back in 2009, when she was on the verge of turning 30, Hiromi recorded the……...
Call them dreamscapes, call them musical abstract canvases — whatever the analogy, the performances on……...
The ethos of Jaco Pastorius’ composition “Punk Jazz” was embodied by acoustic trio The Bad……...
Coda
By the time he settled in South Florida, Turk Mauro had lived a fairly epic……...