Drummer Matt Wilson (Photo: Courtesy the artist) Jeff Cosgrove History Gets Ahead of the Story (Grizzley…
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Kidd Jordan (Photo: Courtesy the artist) Despite its relative marginalization in terms of mainstream visibility,…
On his debut album as a leader, pianist and composer Micah Thomas can perhaps best…
Longtime pals and musical colleagues John Scofield and Steve Swallow recorded their latest project in…
For decades, hip-hop artists have engaged in their own brand of fusion by drawing on…
Imaginative saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa pays tribute to his various influences on the lean and taut Hero…
For his own projects, Jerry Granelli largely has resisted focusing on the music of two…
This New York/Philadelphia/D.C.-based quintet delivers messages concerning black struggle and Afro-futurist liberation, delivered in expansive…
For his second album as a leader on Blue Note, Bill Frisell returns to the…
Vocalist Lauren Henderson’s last two albums were rangy affairs that included standards and jazz tunes,…
Jazz is inherently revolutionary, steeped in African-American struggle and nurtured by inclusivity. Pianist and composer…
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire rebukes the notion that musical abstraction is inherently cerebral. Within on the tender spot of every…
Matt Ulery is best known as a modern jazz bassist and composer based in Chicago.…
On his captivating debut album, Trouble, Chicago-based saxophonist Max Bessesen weaves sorrow and joy, passion…
Those of you not hip to Nubya Garcia had better catch up quick, because she’s…
As much as we try to dodge the bias of ageism, some sense of wonder…
Wrapping up an international tour, pianist Dan Costa performed a solo concert at the Kuumbwa…
There are two ways to look at trombonist Christopher Crenshaw’s six-part The Fifties — A…
Vocalists who accompany themselves on piano have a distinct advantage. The two roles merge into…
It’s been 10 years since NPR dubbed Nir Felder “The Next Big Jazz Guitarist.” In…
