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Hive Mind: Saxophonist Joshua Redman and Pianist Paul Cornish Talk New Releases and Working Together - JazzTimes
On a Sunday afternoon in June, 21st-century saxophone colossus Joshua Redman and his new quartet’s lyrical pianist Paul Cornish are getting ready for an evening’s … Read More "Hive Mind: Saxophonist Joshua Redman and Pianist Paul Cornish Talk New Releases and Working Together"
In Time for Summer, Blue Note Releases New Single from Norah Jones and John Legend - JazzTimes
For every summertime fling, there is a song that laments its fleeting passion and jubilation. Over the decades, writing about bittersweet seasonal romance has been … Read More "In Time for Summer, Blue Note Releases New Single from Norah Jones and John Legend"
Jazztopad NYC Festival 2025: Cultural Exchanges - JazzTimes
The setting was composer/trumpeter/santoor player/vocalist Amir ElSaffar’s Maqām Studio in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood on a Monday evening. It was midway through the ninth instantiation … Read More "Jazztopad NYC Festival 2025: Cultural Exchanges"
Jazz Festivals in Central Asia: Between Silk Road and Blue Notes - JazzTimes
Jazz festivals are conquering the planet, with more events emerging across the globe every decade. While major festivals like Montreux and Newport garner significant attention, … Read More "Jazz Festivals in Central Asia: Between Silk Road and Blue Notes"
A Night at the Opera with Anthony Braxton - JazzTimes
From his wealth of compositional approaches, pedagogical systems and theoretical schematics to his innovative abstractions in improvisational sound, multireedist Anthony Braxton is a marvel of … Read More "A Night at the Opera with Anthony Braxton"
Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and Pianist Bill Charlap Get Together for Something Elemental - JazzTimes
Having finished an evening of elegant rigor and challenging interplay at Yoshi’s in Oakland, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianist Bill Charlap are chilling out, … Read More "Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and Pianist Bill Charlap Get Together for Something Elemental"
Arranger-Composer Mark Masters Turns Attention to Sam Rivers and Billy Harper on Two New Albums - JazzTimes
Ask arranger, composer and American Jazz Institute board president Mark Masters what unites his simultaneously released albums in tribute to saxophone greats Sam Rivers and … Read More "Arranger-Composer Mark Masters Turns Attention to Sam Rivers and Billy Harper on Two New Albums"
Camila Meza’s New Album, Portal, Envisions a Bright and Beautiful World - JazzTimes
While speaking with JazzTimes earlier in June, vocalist and guitarist Camila Meza was taking some time out to rest at her second home in Guatemala. … Read More "Camila Meza’s New Album, Portal, Envisions a Bright and Beautiful World"
Ryan Truesdell Reveals More Previously Unheard Gil Evans Treasures - JazzTimes
As leader of the Gil Evans Project, Ryan Truesdell has fashioned forms of fresh insight into Evans’s complex harmonies, ghostly melodies and eerily intricate layers … Read More "Ryan Truesdell Reveals More Previously Unheard Gil Evans Treasures"
In Preview: A Love Supreme Turns 60 — Isaiah Collier to Mark the Occasion in Los Angeles - JazzTimes
John Coltrane’s breakthrough Impulse! release A Love Supreme, recorded on December 9, 1964, was released in January 1965 — making 2025 the 60th anniversary. Celebrating … Read More "In Preview: A Love Supreme Turns 60 — Isaiah Collier to Mark the Occasion in Los Angeles"
Isaiah J. Thompson Explores Faith, Musicianship, Race and Humanity - JazzTimes
Aptly dropped at the peak of spring, the latest single from Isaiah J. Thompson’s new album The Book of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry (Mack Avenue) … Read More "Isaiah J. Thompson Explores Faith, Musicianship, Race and Humanity"
The Roots Keyboardist Ray Angry Joins Vocalist Ryan Shaw on the New Release OFF Broadway - JazzTimes
Without knowing it, pianist-keyboardist Ray Angry and vocalist Ryan Shaw have traveled parallel paths, professionally and musically. Angry is a member of The Roots, and … Read More "The Roots Keyboardist Ray Angry Joins Vocalist Ryan Shaw on the New Release OFF Broadway"
Playwrights Patricia McGregor and Colman Domingo Shine a Light on Nat Cole - JazzTimes
Though widely beloved as the smoothest of MOR pop crooners with ballads such as “Unforgettable” and “Mona Lisa,” uptempo tracks like “Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of … Read More "Playwrights Patricia McGregor and Colman Domingo Shine a Light on Nat Cole"
Harmolodically Yours: A Talk with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Dave Bryant - JazzTimes
When innovative post-jazz keyboardist Dave Bryant brought his latest album, Wire and Bone, from concept to album to a recent tour, he did so with … Read More "Harmolodically Yours: A Talk with Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Dave Bryant"
Buddy Rich and the “Bird and Diz” Album: The Controversy Continues - JazzTimes
A good deal of the controversy that surrounded Buddy Rich, a.k.a. “The World’s Greatest Drummer,” during his seven-decade career had more to do with his … Read More "Buddy Rich and the “Bird and Diz” Album: The Controversy Continues"
Ken Peplowski and Diego Figueiredo: Duo Summit in Tampa - JazzTimes
Jazz standards, Swing Era classics, bossa nova, blues, movie themes and Beatles songs all figure into the repertoire shared by clarinetist-saxophonist Ken Peplowski and Brazilian … Read More "Ken Peplowski and Diego Figueiredo: Duo Summit in Tampa"
Jazz, Kung Fu and the Mudd Club: A Day in the Life of José James - JazzTimes
Here’s a bubble-sheet questionnaire to start your day. Is vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist José James: One: An old-soul jazz guy working through the idiom of … Read More "Jazz, Kung Fu and the Mudd Club: A Day in the Life of José James"
Remy Le Boeuf and Danielle Wertz: New Album Launch at The Jazz Gallery - JazzTimes
When Denmark’s Nordkraft Big Band started a dialogue about a vocal project with its current Chief Conductor, Remy Le Boeuf, the noted saxophonist and composer … Read More "Remy Le Boeuf and Danielle Wertz: New Album Launch at The Jazz Gallery"