Ryan Porter’s new album Force For Good is featured on our Weekly Discover Playlist for June…
Herbie Hancock – “Cantaloupe Island”
On this day (June 17) in 1964, pianist Herbie Hancock recorded what would become perhaps…
JAZZIZ Backstage Pass: 10 Albums You Need to Know for June 2019
In this episode, JAZZIZ Backstage Pass host Brian Zimmerman is joined by JAZZIZ online editor…
Ernest Melton – “P.B.S.”
One of the brightest young stars to rise from the Kansas City, Missouri, scene in…
Dig In: Guitar Shredders and Skronkers
Shredding. Verb. A style of guitar playing characterized by extremely fast flurries of notes and extremely…
Doc Cheatham – “Blues In My Heart”
Trumpeter, singer and bandleader Adolphus “Doc” Cheatham was born on this day (June 13) in…
Chick Corea & Return To Forever – “Spain”
Chick Corea, a pianist and keyboardist who for the past five decades has been a…
Jazz Chart Update: Week of June 10
In the Billboard Jazz Chart, a former American Idol contestant and a gem from John…
Clifford Brown – “Philly J”
On this day (June 11) in 1953, trumpeter Clifford Brown, a brilliant improviser and a…
Judy Garland – “Come Rain or Come Shine”
Actress Judy Garland, America’s darling of the screen and stage, was born on this day…
JAZZIZ Not What You Think: George Benson
Few careers have been as rich and variegated as that of 76-year-old guitarist extraordinaire George…
A Life In Music: Remembering Dr. John
Dr. John, the legendary New Orleans singer-songwriter whose music came to define the sound of…
Casey Abrams – “Why Don’t You Do Right?”
You might remember Casey Abrams as the acoustic bass-toting, jazz-crooning finalist on Season 10 of…
Legendary New Orleans Singer Dr. John Dead at 77
Dr. John, the New Orleans singer whose musical style defined the sound of his city,…
Listen to the Lineup: The 40th Annual Montreal Jazz Festival
Summer is upon us, and with it comes the 40th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presented by TD Bank Group in collaboration with Rio Tinto. The fest is all set to take place June 26 through July 6 in downtown Montreal, with several hundred thousand people descending upon the Canadian city to experience the biggest jazz celebration in the world.
Grant Green – “Ain’t It Funky Now”
Grant Green, a guitarist who helped shift jazz in the direction of funk and soul,…
Joe Pass – “The Way You Look Tonight”
Although guitarist Joe Pass was known for his stint in the Oscar Peterson Trio and…
Musicians Remember Lawrence Leathers, Grammy-winning Drummer Killed in the Bronx
Drummer Lawrence “Lo” Leathers, a vital presence in the New York jazz scene who won a Grammy Award for his work with vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, was the victim of an apparent murder on Sunday at his apartment in the Bronx, where he lived with his girlfriend.
Paquito D’Rivera (with Irakere) – “Ilya”
Multi-instrumentalist Paquito D’Rivera, a pioneer of Afro-Cuban jazz and one of its greatest living torchbearers,…
Jazz Chart Update: Week of June 3
Vocalist Michael Bublé reclaimed the top spot and jazz fusion group Pieces of a Dream debuted at No. 2 in this week’s Billboard Jazz 100 Charts, while over in the JazzWeek Radio Charts, guitarist Dave Stryker entered his second straight week in the No. 1 spot with his grooving retro-funk album Eight Track III.
