All About Jazz
Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Continues to Find New 'Pathways'
If you look around the scene, you'll find that Dave Holland has few peers. He came into the jazz ... Read More »
Lenny Kravitz Drummer Cindy Blackman Honors Jazz Legend Tony Williams
Cindy Blackman is best remembered by many up to this point as the badass woman behind the drum kit ... Read More »
A Jazz Legend Turns 75: Happy Birthday to the Village Vanguard
A major jazz milestone takes place this week as the Village Vanguard celebrates its 75th birthday. ... Read More »
Two on Two: Courvoisier & Feldman Are Both Jazz and Life Partners
Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman have had a long and creative partnership, ... Read More »
Vision Quest: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Release New Album...
Jazz at Lincoln Center recently remounted its 'Jazz and Art' program to celebrate the release of ... Read More »
A Man for All Seasons: Alto Saxophonist David Sanborn Returns With a...
In many ways, David Sanborn's career shouldn't work. The alto saxophonist will play with just about ... Read More »
Chicago Underground Dive Into the Laptop-Jazz Vortex
The fusion of jazz and electronics hasn't been a particularly fertile one -- particularly when you ... Read More »
Jazz Pianist Hiromi Travels Light on Her New Solo Album
About a month ago, I reviewed an Oscar Peterson tribute that took place at Carnegie Hall. It was a ... Read More »
Packing Them In at NYC Winter Jazzfest
Jazz festivals typically take on one of two forms: One is big production events where multi-stage ... Read More »
Is Avant-Jazz Pianist Matthew Shipp His Own Worst Enemy?
Matthew Shipp has a great new solo album coming out, but it's his mouth that once again causes a ... Read More »
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2009
It's that time of year again where I take a moment to look back and try and piece it all together ... Read More »
Esperanza Spalding Continues to Shine in '09 as Jazz's Bright New Star
Covering jazz usually relegates me to covering small club gigs and jazz festivals. Yet there was ... Read More »
Three Jazz Pianists Pay Tribute to Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson will always be remembered as one of jazz's greatest pianists thanks to an indelible ... Read More »
Putting the Cool in Yule: Classic and New Holiday Jazz
Christmas music is as much a part of the holiday season for many of us as the decorations, trees and ... Read More »
Monk and the Baroness: An Interview With Documentarian Hannah...
Hannah Rothschild talks about her new documentary, 'The Jazz Baroness,' to be shown on HBO2. Check ... Read More »
Jazz Saxophonist Myron Walden Returns With New 'Momentum'
Jazz has had its fair share of players who have put their careers on hold to do some woodshedding. ... Read More »
