A Seattle duo takes inspiration from Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, Butcher Brown and Side…
George Winstone and Ben Monder embark on an improvisational odyssey. “He’s like my dad,” says…
Don Hunstein’s iconic photograph of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn captured the longtime colleagues in…
Drum sets and hand drums drive the action on recent releases. “Drums” and “percussion” often…
After 21 years as a piano trio — the first 13 albums with pianist Ethan…
The Verve label boasts a distinguished history of recording stellar vocalists. Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday,…
Starting in March 2020, pianist Emmet Cohen, along with bassist Russell Hall and drummer Kyle…
Miles Davis’ 1960s groups produced several subsequent keyboard-playing bandleaders, with Joe Zawinul (Weather Report), Chick…
During a year in which the aftershocks of the COVID lockdown were still reverberating, jazz…
From a shy teen with a desire to make music to an acclaimed, globe-traveling jazz…
The Headhunters’ spirit music spans generations, genres and the cosmos itself. Nearly 50 years after…
Recorded in November 2021, following a series of live dates in Italy, this duo album…
On the followup to his 2019 Smoke Sessions release Inspirations and Dedications, Al Foster celebrates…
Allison Miller and Carmen Staaf share an affinity for incorporating unexpected elements within familiar forms.…
At this point in his career, saxophonist Charles Lloyd is at least a half century…
Setting a high bar for contemporary jazz in the ’80s, the Yellowjackets have spent decades…
An autobiography by Jason Miles provides an eyewitness account of his role in shaping the…
The much-missed Montreal International Jazz Festival makes a triumphant return. “We have missed the connection…
NYO Jazz is the jazz extension of three National Youth Orchestra ensembles created by Carnegie…
After long stints with venerable fusion acts, bassist Jimmy Haslip (of Yellowjackets fame) and keyboardist…