Jazz discovery starts here
After a lifetime trying to get on an equal footing with its American parent, British jazz has finally come of age. Since around 2015, a community of young, London-based musicians has forged a style which, while anchored in...
By Chris May
There's a lot to be said about musical excellence in versatility when it comes to guitarist Jacob Young. The Norwegian fret-acrobat came to international prominence in...
By Friedrich Kunzmann
From 1953, when it was set up, to 1964, when it was acquired by ABC, Riverside Records rivalled Blue Note and Prestige as one of the leading independent jazz labels based in New York City. The founders of all three labels were jazz fans who operated on slim margins and became producers partly because...
By Chris May
Joerg Steineck is a German filmmaker who has made both documentary and fictional films. His latest project Inside Scofield is, as the title suggests, a look at guitar icon John Scofield's career and life on (and off) the road as a touring jazz musician.
By Mike Jacobs
The beauty of Frank Sinatra in his 70-year career is that there's never anything that becomes boring or stale. You could listen to the early recordings at Columbia, the very soft and tender crooner kind of recordings, and then you might want something different. So you jump to the '60s, when he was working with Basie.
By Nicholas F. Mondello
Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 3:30 pm
What happens when an electro-art-dream-pop restless artist with repressed classical influences and an operatic voice is on lockdown for too long? Join us for the next "At Home With" concert series to find out the creative silver linings that come with forced quarantines, courtesy of one of the most original voices on today's music scene. Learn more.
