Maria Schneider is a composer, arranger and bandleader whose namesake orchestra has received twelve GRAMMY…
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JAZZIZ Backstage Pass: Actor Michael Imperioli on Jazz, Creativity and Co-Hosting the JFA Loft Party
Joining the podcast today is actor, writer, director and longtime jazz fan Michael Imperioli, best…
Miles Davis’ timeless album Porgy and Bess, featuring arrangements of the 1935 George Gershwin opera of…
In honor of Blue Note Records’ 80th Anniversary, the legendary Jazz label is launching the Tone Poet Audiophile…
Trumpeter Miles Davis began the recording session for Miles Ahead, one of his earliest forays into…
Gil Evans, who died in 1988, is best-known for his groundbreaking arrangements on the classic……...
Evans’ arrangement of “Straight, No Chaser” is clear-cut and unfussy. He lets the self-winding simplicity of Monk’s melody speak for itself.