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Year By Year: Five Essential Albums of 1997

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Billy Cobham Revisits a ‘70s Classic with Crosswinds Project

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10 Albums You Need to Know: January 2020

A guitar hero’s new crosscultural project; the music of a jazz legend reimagined; a piano…

Year By Year: Five Essential Albums of 1998

Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…

Track By Track: Brian Simpson & Steve Oliver, “Unified” Exclusive Album Stream

Guitarist/vocalist Steve Oliver and pianist Brian Simpson are two of the biggest names in contemporary…

Year By Year: Five Essential Albums of 1997

Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…

Billy Cobham Revisits a ‘70s Classic with Crosswinds Project

As part of his year-long 75th birthday celebration, super-drummer Billy Cobham rolled into New York’s…

Jazz Travelogue: Exploring Identity at Jazzfest Berlin

Identity and jazz, for me, go hand in hand. Much of my own discovery of this music was shaped by racial and familial-like ties to its artists, many of whom became the mothers and fathers I never had. But the connection goes far deeper than I had imagined.

House of Glass: Aaron Diehl Interprets the Work of Philip Glass on New Album ‘The Vagabond’

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Winter 2019

Prelude

Author Con Chapman chronicles the life of Johnny Hodges

Bill Frisell debuts on Blue Note

Billy Cobham turns 75

Carmen Lundy conjures spirits on her latest album

Poncho Sanchez salutes Coltrane

The Swingin' 60s

Five jazz artists recollect the London jazz scene during the 1960s.

London Rising

Checking in on six young artists reshaping the sound of London jazz.

Plus...

A brief glance at 10 noteworthy London-centric recordings

A guide to London’s vibrant club scene

Reviews

Victor Gould

The Bad Plus

Joe Lovano and Enrico Rava

Hiromi

Wallace Roney

Jane Bunnett Maqueque

Nicholas Payton and more

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