Those who have followed the career of alto-sax master Charles McPherson — starting with his association…
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Trumpeter and vocalist Takuya Kuroda’s sixth release deviates from his norm of live-in-the-studio tracking by…
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There’s an appealing purity to JD Allen’s approach. From his big, luxurious tone on tenor…
Maria Schneider’s writing for orchestra has often reflected her passions as an environmentalist. This was…
Baltimore pianist Lafayette Gilchrist’s wide-eyed approach to making music is informed by a convergence of…
Cornetist Ron Miles leads the same all-star band from his 2017 album, I Am a Man,…
Jazz history offers an endless array of stories to tell, from the outsized characters who’ve…
Richard Baratta knows movies. Starting in 1984, when he worked as a location scout for Desperately…
Feature films about jazz artists frequently get it wrong. Take, for example, Clint Eastwood’s darkly…
Duke Ellington and the movies grew up roughly at the same time. Edward Kennedy Ellington…
What gives New Orleans music its singular sound and unmatched allure? Many films have addressed this…
Upon earning his degree in Music Composition from Cal State Fullerton, Tom Ranier found himself…
In the still-developing documentary Doctone, a film about shooting-star jazz pianist Kenny Kirkland, guitarist Rodney Jones…
Songwriter and producer Glen Ballard has scored massive hits in a variety of genres. He’s earned six…
For the documentary film Fandango at the Wall, director Varda Bar-Kar followed pianist-composer Arturo O’Farrill and…
Long before he was an Emmy-winning animator or GRAMMY-nominated vocalist, Seth MacFarlane was a movie-obsessed kid…
Charlie Haden expressed his passion for vintage movies through several recordings he made with Quartet…
Herb Alpert has plenty to smile about. Having turned 85 in March, the trumpeter continues…
Like fine wine, great film can improve with age — and that’s certainly the case…