My Content
Membership has its privileges! Sign up or sign in to gain full access to both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. Learn more.
Featured Stories
Album Reviews
Dominic Miller
Absinthe
Liebman, Rudolph & Drake
Chi
David Hazeltine
The Time Is Now
Amina Figarova
Road To The Sun
Wadada Leo Smith
Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio of Seven Songs
Chat Noir
Hyperuranion
Tom Kessler
Nuevo Valso
Al Hood and the H2 Sextet
Jazz Muses
Stream | Articles
Listen
Yotam Silberstein
Matcha
Kevin Mackenzie
The Mighty Flo
Daniel Bondaczuk
Rock Steady
Karin Plato
This Could Be The One
Fantomama
Diva Moana
Organic pulse ensemble
Autumn bloom
Rosario Di Rosa Basic Phonetics
Cope Inventory
Moppa Elliott
Waddle
News
Born Today
Bill Frisell
Born in Baltimore, Bill Frisell played clarinet throughout his childhood in Denver, Colorado. His interest in guitar began with his exposure to pop music on the radio. Soon, the Chicago Blues became a... read more
Album Showcase
-
The Transitory Poems by Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn
Jazz Poll
Help us identify the world's top 100 jazz venues. Voting takes seconds so please participate! Learn more.
This Week
-
Radio
Dan Weiss Starebaby Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam -
Profiles
Unforgettable: Nat King Cole at 100 -
Radio
An Embarrassment of Riches -
Radio
Jazz at 100 Hour 19: Small Groups of the 1930s – Chu, Little Jazz, Rabbit and Pres -
Radio
Pat Metheny, Joe Henderson & Charles Mingus -
In Pictures
Billy Drummond at Attucks Jazz Club -
Live Reviews
A Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour at Irving Plaza
Jazz Story
I love jazz because of Elmer Bernstein's score for the 1957 American film noir Sweet Smell of Success, which I first saw as a teenager in the '70s. As a playwright/screenwriter, I write to music and I'm always looking for ways to incorporate it into my work; the most recent example being Bob Crosby and the Bobcats “Big Noise From Winnetka,” which became the signature theme for my last stage play The Gift of the Gab
Read more
By Simon David Eden
Member since: 2019
