Impulse! Records Celebrates 50 Years of Jazz Innovation With Reissues, Box Set
Robert Abbott Sengstacke, Getty Images This year marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of ... Read More »
Joe Lovano Soars on the Wings of Bird With His Jazz Sax Tribute
Joe Lovano The legacy of Charlie Parker is something that every jazz musician has to contend ... Read More »
Charles Lloyd Quartet Take Jazz Eastward at Lincoln Center
Charles Lloyd Charles Lloyd first arrived on the scene back in the '50s and soon made a name ... Read More »
Catherine Russell Arrives Fashionably Late to the Solo Jazz Vocal Party
Stefan Falke I first became aware of singer Catherine Russell through fellow singer Carolyn ... Read More »
Esperanza Spalding and Her Jazz Bass Still on the Move After Her Grammy Nomination
Dr. Billy Ingram, WireImage It was just over a year ago that I wrote about Esperanza Spalding ... Read More »
Nights Are Scorching Hot at the 2011 NYC Winter Jazzfestival
Taylor Hill, Getty Images Every year, I come away from the NYC Winter Jazzfestival galvanized. The ... Read More »
Tim Hagans' Grammy-Nominated Jazz Trumpet Skill Leads Quintet at Birdland
timhagans.com Even though it was his third Grammy nomination, trumpeter Tim Hagans clearly sounded ... Read More »
Saxman David Liebman, Named NEA Jazz Master, Pays Homage to Trane, Ornette
Matt Vashlishan David Liebman got his start in the early '70s as a sideman on saxophone for such ... Read More »
Vince Guaraldi Is More Than 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Every year, I bust out the soundtrack to 'A Charlie Brown ... Read More »
Paul Winter Cosort Celebrate the Winter Solstice Jazz Style in a Cathedral
Christopher Zurcher, Flickr There are a number of holiday traditions to celebrate this time of ... Read More »
Best Jazz Albums of 2010
Lex van Rossen, Getty Images For the music obsessed, every year has a musical identity that's ... Read More »
Thelonious Monk's 'Monk's Dream': The Greatest Jazz Album Ever
David Redfern, Redferns / Getty Images I came across Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) early in my jazz ... Read More »
Cassandra Wilson Gives All the Band Members Some at Her Blue Note Gig
Rebecca Sapp, WireImage Cassandra Wilson made her appearance Wednesday night, Nov. 17, at ... Read More »
Search & Restore's Adam Schatz Unveils His Stimulus Plan for Jazz
Michael Schatz It may seem hard to remember at this point, but jazz always has been and still can ... Read More »
John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme': The Greatest Jazz Album Ever
Getty Images This is the first of an ongoing series where I'll look back at a jazz classic, ... Read More »
Ken Thomson Turns His Reed Work to Chamber Jazz
Al Pereira, WireImage Improvisation is a big, if not the biggest, pillar of jazz music. For many, ... Read More »
