Smooth-jazz tenor saxophonist Steve Cole didn’t let a worldwide pandemic stop him from writing and…
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For his 20th album as a leader, 60-year-old alto/soprano saxophonist and keyboardist Kenny Garrett delivers…
Still in his early 20s, singer-composer Michael Mayo has developed his own lush, neo-soul sound…
For his second album, and first for Brother Mister Productions, Christian McBride’s new imprint, Dan…
The mega-faceted jazz musician Joey DeFrancesco celebrated his 50th birthday in April, and has quite…
So what did you do during the Great Pandemic? New York journeyman saxophonist and composer…
While The One and the Other is just Canadian vocalist-composer Lara Solnicki’s third recording, it…
Though the seasons and natural world are generally associated with the works of new age…
Two names immediately jump out of the lineup of this avant-garde collective: bassist William Parker…
Do drummer-led big bands — think Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Gene Krupa — simply pack…
The quartet of twenty-something jazz hellions collectively known as Nortonk describe their music as chordless…
Bassist Charles Mingus was an ingenious composer whose socially conscious music was rooted in both…
Only 34 minutes long, drummer Reggie Quinerly’s quintet recording New York Nowhere practically qualifies as…
On paper, two British prog-rock musicians playing fully improvised live sets might have the makings…
While the Jazz WORMS quintet breaks no stylistic ground on Squirmin’, it does evince a…
Flor has been touted as vocalist Gretchen Parlato’s Brazilian-inspired project, and that’s true enough. But…
The third album by this star-studded quintet, conceived in 2015 as a loose homage to…
Front-rank pianist Lossing, who deserves much wider acclaim, follows up a string of impressive trio…
As the song title suggests, smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny Polson goes the Brazilian route on…
Veteran trombonist Clifton Anderson chose this self-penned vocal track as the title tune of his…