Johannesburg’s Joy of Jazz Fest presents world-class talent in — and from — Africa’s southernmost…
Tag: Spring 2015
On his latest release, Rudresh Mahanthappa communes with the spirit of Charlie Parker. By Michael…
By Mark Holston If the name “Valera” is frequently mentioned in Latin jazz circles this…
Down through the years, jazz has graced many a Hollywood production with sass, class and…
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Omer Avital and the art of musical collage. By Shaun Brady Throughout his life, Omer…
By Kara Manning Photos by McVirn Etienne On a recent episode of Jamie Cullum’s hour-long…
By Bill Milkowski In 1982, Jackson, Mississippi-born Cassandra Wilson arrived in New York City following…
In 1982, Jackson, Mississippi-born Cassandra Wilson arrived in New York City following a year-long apprenticeship in New Orleans with jazz masters Ellis Marsalis, Alvin Batiste and Earl Turbinton, intent on becoming a jazz singer. She emerged a couple years later on a fertile new music scene initiated by a group of Brooklyn-based musical upstarts known as M-Base. The collective’s ringleader, saxophonist Steve Coleman, fell for the dusky timbres of Wilson’s contralto voice and quickly recruited her for M-Base performances and recordings, including his own forward-looking and influential offerings Motherland Pulse and On the Edge of Tomorrow.