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  • Linley Hamilton: Strings Attached

    Linley Hamilton: Strings Attached

    Nearly all recordings are labours of love. Passion and a huge amount of work are the essential ingredients. Some recordings in particular, however, mark the realization of a life-long dream. For Northern Irish trumpeter, BBC jazz broadcaster and university lecturer...

  • Big Ears Festival 2018

    Big Ears Festival 2018

    Knoxville's Big Ears Festival has traditionally kicked things off with a big piece by a high-visibility headliner. This year was to have featured a live performance of guitarist Nels Cline's Lovers project, an ambitious re-imagination of romantic "mood music" which was to be performed with the...

  • A Day at AAJ

    A Day at AAJ

    One of the main benefits of being the Dean of American Jazz Humorists©, besides a free Orange Julius whenever I want one (at participating locations) and 2-for-1 Redbox rentals, is my unfettered access to the inner workings of the entire Jazz universe...

  • The Cry of Jay Rodriguez

    The Cry of Jay Rodriguez

    On an unseasonably warm February evening I set out from Brooklyn to catch the multi-instrumentalist Jay Rodriguez's band at Le Poisson Rouge. While walking from the West 4th Street subway station to the venue on Bleecker Street I recalled taking this exact route over 30 years ago to play a...

  • Camille Bertault: Unity in Diversity

    Camille Bertault: Unity in Diversity

    On her striking new album, Pas de géant, Camille Bertault confirms all the qualities that her debut release, En Vie, had showcased three years ago. For her sophomore release, the French singer doubles down with an...

Reviews

Daily album reviews—from independent to major label releases.

Live

Terence Blanchard
Live

Humanities

David Ake
Humanities

Wild Is The Wind

Anna Kolchina
Wild Is The Wind

Fairytales

Radka Toneff
Fairytales

Features | Articles

Interviews, columns, concert reviews, and more.

Interview with A Vintage Year For Jessica Felix And The Healdsburg Jazz Festival Profiles
A Vintage Year For Jessica Felix And The Healdsburg Jazz...
Interview with Tallinn Music Week 2018 Live Reviews
Tallinn Music Week 2018
Interview with James Blood Ulmer and the Thing at Bochum Art Museum Live Reviews
James Blood Ulmer and the Thing at Bochum Art Museum
Interview with Intermission Riff: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cat The Jazz Life
Intermission Riff: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cat
Interview with Jocelyn Medina at Jazz at Kitano Live Reviews
Jocelyn Medina at Jazz at Kitano
Interview with On the Download; Presto, the Audience Disappears!; Showboaters Get the Clap Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette...
On the Download; Presto, the Audience Disappears!;...

Track of the Day

Discover new jazz every day!

Sonata for the Birds -Cheryl Pyle

Cheryl Pyle
Sonata for the Birds...

Mysterious Maze

Oytun Ersan
Mysterious Maze

Sound Of A Flower

Majid Khaliq
Sound Of A Flower

Glendale

Paul Bedal
Glendale

News

Sponsored announcements from the industry.

Musician of the Day

Celebrating jazz birthdays every day.
Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton

Slide Hampton's distinguished career spans decades in the evolution of jazz. At the age of 12 he was already touring the Midwest with the Indianapolis-based Hampton Band, led by his father and comprising... read more

Jazz Near You

Date Event Detail Venue Time
Apr22Sun Ravi Coltrane Quartet Blues Alley
Washington, DC 		8:00 PM
Apr22Sun Ravi Coltrane Quartet Blues Alley
Washington, DC 		10:00 PM
Apr22Sun Bethesda Blues & Jazz Youth Orchestra... Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
Bethesda, MD 		2:00 PM
Apr22Sun Paul Bailey Twins Jazz
Washington, DC 		8:00 PM
Apr22Sun Paul Bailey Twins Jazz
Washington, DC 		10:00 PM
Apr22Sun Kim Jordan's Tribute to Gil Scott Heron Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
Bethesda, MD 		8:00 PM
Apr22Sun Grateful Dead Jam hosted by Stealing Liberty Villain & Saint
Bethesda, MD 		15:00