Argentine composer, musician and bandleader Astor Piazzolla, the creator of New Tango, would have been…
February 2021
Prelude
Michael Gregory Jackson is among a generation of guitarists who forged their own path on…
Piazzolla has an extensive discography, complicated by reissues, licensing deals, and deceptive titles. (Read an…
As a singer, pianist, and bandleader, Elise Morris has played with, or been musical director…
The durable Chicago pianist Junior Mance–who sparked many postwar jazz bands, recorded prolifically, and was…
Magazine Features
To celebrate its Golden Jubilee, Tower of Power, America’s preeminent soul-funk-R&B horn band for half…
“Summational” immediately comes to mind as a descriptor for William Parker’s first release of the…
Richard Elliot on his Early Days in Jazz: Kittyhawk, Rickie Lee Jones, Melissa Manchester and Motown
Richard Elliot talks about his early days in jazz from cover bands to studio work…
A highly-anticipated live album debut; an astronomical thrash-jazz showcase; a 63-piece orchestra jazz fusion epic.…
Auditions
Throughout a 55-year career that started in the 1920s, Mary Lou Williams always sounded modern…
Plenty happens on the latest Outside in Music compilation. Live at Pinch Recording Volume 2…
Tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel uses the eight self-composed tracks on his fifth session as a…
Melody Gardot’s lush, intimate and multi-lingual Sunset in the Blue is a warmly inviting, sensual…
Drummer Diego Piñera’s latest recording is a rhythmic treat that’s trickier than it seems at…
Coda
Cicely Tyson, the trailblazing actress/activist against racism and for social justice, passed away last Thursday…