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The Tedeschi Trucks Band, among the most durable inheritors of the Allman Brothers Band’s potent blend of Southern rock, blues, R&B, soul and unrestrained, jazz-influenced … Read More "The Tedeschi Trucks Band Gets Back to Musical Roots in Florida"
Two-time Grammy winning pianist Sullivan Fortner has been announced as the inaugural recipient of The Gilmore’s Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award, receiving $300,000 to … Read More "And the Winner Is … Sullivan Fortner Takes the Inaugural Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award"
Charlie Rouse was long known as the muscular, melody-favoring, bop-swing tenor saxophonist in Thelonious Monk’s quartet, working within the pianist’s curiously angular language. But there … Read More "The History, Mystery and Majesty Behind Charlie Rouse’s Cinnamon Flower"
JazzTimes is thrilled to present the following exclusive excerpt from NOW JAZZ NOW, co-authored by music writer Byron Coley, baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and iconic … Read More "EXCLUSIVE: Thurston Moore’s New Book on Monumental Free Jazz Recordings"
According to legend, Duke Ellington only fired one band member in the 50-plus years leading his orchestra. That oft-repeated story focused on bassist/composer Charles Mingus, … Read More "Missed Opportunities: When Duke Ellington Fired Bobby Durham and Elvin Jones"
Recordings rarely get more intimate than duo projects, the musical equivalent of one-on-one conversations. Saxophonist Jason Rigby sheds his frequent sideman role here for a … Read More "Conscious Mayhem: Jason Rigby/Mark Guiliana and Pino Palladino/Blake Mills"
Here are A.D. Amorosi’s monthly picks, coming to you the last Tuesday of the month. Cole Davis, Consider It! (Totally Gross National Product) Upright bass–playing … Read More "Sweeps Week: Top September Jazz Releases, Amorosi Edition"
The Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival moved back to the street last year, with two stages set up within a two-block stretch of Liberty Avenue in … Read More "Steel City Swing: The 15th Annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival"
We wrap September with Sweeps Week, featuring top editorial picks of the month. Rich Brown, Nyaeba (Whirlwind Recordings) Toronto electric bassist Rich Brown succeeded Anthony … Read More "Sweeps Week: Top September Jazz Releases, Adler Edition"
After the sleepy, intriguingly foreign bedroom pop of Absolutely Almost Sure and the aptly titled follow-up Migraine Fever Dream, the genial host of those recordings … Read More "The Stages of Brazilian, Brooklyn-Based Bedroom Recording Artist and Multi-Hyphenate Late Again"
After the last international San Diego Tijuana Jazz Festival ceased operations in the late ’80s, Daniel Atkinson — the educator, producer and jazz polymath — … Read More "Crossing Borders: San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival Prepares for Its Second Year"
Cécile McLorin Salvant may have just made her best record. It could be, at least, her most consistent record — consistently surprising if not consistently … Read More "Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Bold and Impulsive New Banger: Oh Snap"
Since adding a third musician is what transforms a duo into a group, the trio format is a time-honored vehicle in jazz. Three new trio … Read More "Triangulations: New Releases from Fieldwork, Trio of Bloom, Bro/Smith/Gilmore"
I had the good fortune to teach jazz history at Queens College, in the jazz department of the Aaron Copland School of Music, between 2010 … Read More "When Pops Met Fletcher: Why Louis Armstrong’s 1925 “Alone at Last” Solo Rules and Will Always Rule"
From Max Roach and Oscar Brown’s We Insist! to Nina Simone’s Emergency Ward, with recordings from albums from Nellie McKay, Melvin Van Peebles, Bob Dorough … Read More "Vocalist, Songwriter and Social Commentator Dara Starr Tucker Has News Fit to Print (and Sing)"
It could be Anthony Braxton’s 100 tubas, or Stockhausen’s four helicopters for that matter. The simple underlying logic seems to be: Why stop at one? … Read More "Voices Multiply on New Releases by Henry Threadgill, Dave Douglas and Tomas Fujiwara"
It’s difficult to say whether bassist, composer and arranger Christian McBride is the most well-liked music personality, jazz or otherwise, in recent memory. That would … Read More "Cruises, Cold Chicken and More: Christian McBride Without Further Ado"
When composer, vocalist, keyboardist and clarinetist Angel Bat Dawid released Requiem for Jazz (International Anthem, 2023), a slow, sinewy suite in 12 movements for a … Read More "Requiem-Maker Angel Bat Dawid Goes Back to The Oracle, Maintains Its Fire and Brimstone"
During a recent JazzTimes conversation with 8-Bit Big Band leader Charlie Rosen, the subject of Juan García Esquivel was raised. Better known as Esquivel!, this … Read More "Back to the Lounge: A Space-Age Idiom Gets Refreshed for the 21st Century"