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April Varner, Ella Grace, Noa Levy, Audrey Ochoa, Aubrey Johnson , The Sistering Project featuring Lois Deloatch, Nnenna Freelon, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Kate McGarry
by Mary Foster Conklin
The celebration of Women's History Month continues with new music from April Varner, Ella Grace, The Sistering Project featuring Lois Deloatch, Nnenna Freelon, Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Kate McGarry, Noa Levy, Audrey Ochoa and Aubrey Johnson, plus birthday shoutouts to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Elis Regina, Marian McPartland, Jessica Williams, Deanna Witkowski, Aimee Allen, Giorgia Hannoush, Laura Dreyer, ...
Metropole Orkest: Arakatak
by Angelo Leonardi
L'olandese Metropole Orkest celebra il suo ottantesimo anniversario evitando di compiacersi del ricchissimo e prestigioso passato ma vivendo la contemporaneità in costante tensione innovativa. Per l'occasione pubblica esclusivamente in vinile, Arakatak, un sontuoso doppio LP contenente otto composizioni commissionate a Morris Kliphuis, Vince Mendoza, Donny McCaslin, Miho Hazama, Tineke Postma, Mark Guiliana, Shai Maestro e Louis ...
Reflections on the Newport Jazz Festival
by Mark Robbins
It's not just about the music. It's about the morning 15 minute water taxi ride and asking the passengers who they're excited to see and hear. It's seeing Fort Adams, knowing the history that has been made there and more than likely the history that will be made there. It's seeing old friends, photographers I've been ...
Make Him an Offer He Can't Refuse: Tony Bennett and Mafia Films
by Peter Wogan
Tony Bennett's song “I Wanna Be Around" (1962) pulls the listener in interesting directions. It contains Ralph Sharon's playful piano notes, the cheerful C major key, and Tony Bennett's silky smooth voice--yet the lyrics are all about vengeance and deriving joy from another person's suffering. As Bennett sings, “And that's when I'll discover that revenge is ...
Mal Waldron: His Journey Across 12 Albums
by Carl Medsker
Mal Waldron's life story is compelling, and to mark his 2025 centenary, this article aims to introduce his work to those less familiar with it by tracing his journey across 12 distinctive recordings. Max Roach once singled him out, along with Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, Hasaan Ibn Ali and Randy Weston, as uniquely original ...
Classic jazz from Shirley Scott and more, and birthday shoutouts to Behn Gillece and Maceo Parker among others
by David W. Daniels
Classic music per the headline, plus the Modern Jazz Quartet, Jimmy Smith, and Joe Williams with Ella Fitzgerald and more! Recently released music from Roy Hargrove, Joel Ross, Snarky Puppy and more. Birthday recognition per the headline, plus Sharel Cassity, Rufus Reid, Omar Hakim, and Eugene McDaniels (songwriter of “Compared To What").Playlist Alchemy Sound ...
End Of Month Keyboard Special featuring Lonnie Liston Smith, Jackie Davis, Herbie Hancock, The Outernet, and Others
by David W. Daniels
This is our end of the month keyboard special, featuring jazz and jazz fusion musicians who specialize in keyboards of all types (piano, Fender Rhodes, organ, clavinet, and synthesizer primarily). This month we're including music from Nina Simone, Don Patterson, Doug Carn, Herbie Hancock, Kandance Springs, and others. As an added bonus, we are closing the ...
Richie Beirach: Indelible Memories and Thought-Provoking Reflections on a Life in Jazz, Part 1
by Victor L. Schermer
This two-part article was first published on All About Jazz on August 13, 2019. Part 1 | Part 2 Richie Beirach hovers somewhat mysteriously in the pantheon of the great modern jazz pianists. Some of the others in that category from his generation (coming up in the 1960s/'70s), like Herbie Hancock, Keith ...
Marilyn Mazur: The Song in the Woods
by Adriana Carcu
This interview was first published on All About Jazz on August 17, 2015. Danish drummer, percussionist and composer Marilyn Mazur reached iconic status on the contemporary jazz scene in the early years of her career. Playing in the eighties with titans Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Gil Evans, she later joined Jan Garbarek's group ...
Matt Marantz: About Music, Money and Mouthpieces
by Dean Nardi
Back in ancient times, when people would buy actual magazines with paper and print and pictures and ads, some of the music publications would offer companion CD compilations. You could always find two or three tracks that stood out and maybe enticed you to check out an artist's recorded output. That is how I came across ...
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