At this point in his career, saxophonist Charles Lloyd is at least a half century…
Auditions
This experiment in Eastern modes-meet-and-embrace-Western jazz traditions is, in a word, charming. Listeners with even…
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…
Lizz Wright’s first-ever live album launches the jazz and gospel vocalist’s indie label, Blues &…
First Move, Aaron Seeber’s appropriately named debut as leader, captures the respected Washington, D.C., drummer…
A set of nine standards and one original, Dream Dancing features the intimate trio of…
Like its two predecessors in Steven Bernstein’s cycle of four “Community Music” albums being released…
Both the title of flutist Andrea Brachfeld’s 10th recording as a leader and her trio’s…
Combine the talents of an acoustic bassist and bandleader with dynamic compositional visions (Billy Mohler);…
Over the span of several decades, Oliver Lake has established himself as a jazz legend…
The question posed by the name of drummer-composer Anthony Fung’s latest recording is provocative and…
The Esthesis Quartet was formed during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many of its initial sessions…
a Senegalese bass guitar virtuoso who makes his home in France, tapped musicians from three…
Guitarist Margaret Slovak’s style is deeply personal and rooted in her multifaceted creative background. Also…
Although Joey Alexander’s primarily known for having been a jazz child prodigy — he recorded…
Black Flower, Magma (SDBAN) What a welcome find. This Belgian quintet stirs together a compelling…
When CDs were all the rage, who would have guessed there’d be a vinyl resurgence?…
During the past decade and a half, Tigran Hamasyan has earned a reputation as one…
Composer and pianist Jeremy Siskind programmatically organized the 22 tracks on this double-disc pandemic collection…