Maria Schneider doesn’t think up concepts for her albums. “I’ve never preconceived a subject for…
Blu Notes
Within a Room of Gold: Michele Rosewoman
Standing on the tiny stage of Manhattan’s Zinc Bar in November, the dozen or so…
Truth to Power: Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Songs Address Pressing Issues
On a December afternoon in 2017, I gathered eight prominent musicians around a dining-room table…
Marcus Shelby Reveals Richly Entwined Legacies of Baseball and Jazz
Marcus Shelby started playing baseball as a 12-year-old boy. He loved the game, but once…
The Ice Cream Man: Kassa Overall Blends Jazz and Hip-Hop into Something Cool and Refreshing
On a cold December night at Manhattan’s Jazz Gallery, drummer Kassa Overall, pianist Jon Batiste and bassist Ameen Saleem made music that was, by turns, hard-swinging, brooding, bluesy and abstract…
Classic Jams: Highlighting the Best of Cuba’s Panart Label
The high-ceilinged colonial house in Havana that Ramón Sabat converted into a recording studio while…
