On March 16, Mack Avenue Records released Tia Fuller’s fine sophomore effort, Decisive Steps, a 10-track affair that nicely documents the alto/soprano saxophonist’s continuing maturation. Says Fuller, “It’s a continuation of Healing Space [her 2007 debut for the label], evolving from a stationary place of healing to steps of action. [...]

From Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21, the Hot Club of Detroit (pictured above) will present their seventh annual Detroit Django Reinhardt Festival. Featuring special guests, guitarist Howard Alden and clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, the festival will celebrate Reinhardt’s centennial to Detroit and Cleveland — two cities that Reinhardt himself [...]

Famed New Orleans jazz saxophonist and Berklee alum Donald Harrison (left), featured in When the Levees Broke — and who has played with Miles Davis and mentored the Notorious B.I.G., among others — gave a special New Orleans-style blessing to Berklee’s new Africana Studies center recently. The room is a [...]

Puppet Mischief is New York-based saxophonist John Ellis’ sixth release as a leader and second with his New Orleans-based Double Wide band, which includes organist Brian Coogan, sousaphonist Matt Perrine and drummer Jason Marsalis. It’s an intriguing, often infectious nine-track release that mixes the brass-band and uniquely syncopated sounds of [...]

The MacDowell Colony, the nation’s leading artist residency program, will present it 51st Edward MacDowell Medal to composer and saxophonist Sonny Rollins on Sunday, August 15. The MacDowell Medal has been awarded annually since 1960 to individuals who’ve made outstanding contributions to their fields, and this year marks the first [...]

Boudoir Rouge, the recently released 14-track debut album from singer Le Kat, is a sultry, playful affair inspired by a range of interests and influences. The album, Le Kat explains, “is about love, lust and desire. It’s a musical fusion of the past and present that takes you on a [...]