On a December afternoon in 2017, I gathered eight prominent musicians around a dining-room table……...
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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……...
Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn, The People I Love (Pi) — Two top-rank players……...
In London, homegrown talent has been on the upswing, with the best and brightest 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……...
That long-touted “special relationship” between England and the United States extends from politics and humor……...
Reading the books to which Brian Lynch links his compositions is not a prerequisite for……...
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……...
One can imagine the knowing glances Kirk Whalum shot across the studio to Keiko Matsui……...
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……...