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John Bishop: A Multi-Dimensional Journey in Jazz
by Paul Rauch
John Bishop has spent the past 50 years traversing a jazz landscape that has been in a state of constant change. The music has continued to evolve at a rate one might expect from art in general, while the business end of it has seen radical change that most would consider a state of de-evolution. As ...
The Infinite Groove: Top 10 Classic Jazz Marathons
by Michael Ricci
Classic Jazz | Prog Rock While the “3-minute single" was the rule for radio, the jazz world of the mid-20th century operated on a different internal clock. With the arrival of the Long Play (LP) record, jazz musicians finally had the “room" to let their ideas breathe. This era gave birth to the extended ...
In the Land of Giants: OJCs from Thad Jones and Red Garland
by C. Andrew Hovan
The late 1950s marked a particularly fertile period in jazz. Big bands still commanded audiences, while smaller combos often blended veterans of the swing era with the rising architects of modern bop. Musicians such as Thad Jones, Frank Wess, Illinois Jacquet, and Coleman Hawkins moved fluidly among ensembles, thriving in a moment before the stylistic fault ...
The Duke Ellington Collaborations
by Larry Slater
Miles Davis once said, “I think all the musicians in jazz should get together on one certain day and get down on their knees and thank Duke."Duke Ellington often remarked that the Ellington Orchestra was his instrument, but occasionally Duke stepped out of his role as maestro to collaborate with jazz artists in different ...
Alison Shearer In Her Own Words
by Walter Atkins
Bandleader Alison Shearer brought her talented Quartet to San Francisco's Black Cat for an expansive four-day residency. Her quartet consisted of keyboardist Kevin Bernstein, bassist Marty Kenny, drummer Diego Joaquin Ramirez and Shearer, saxophone and flute. The set included her compositions “Celestial," “Liberty Market" and “Cycles." After a productive week, she spent an extra day in ...
Andy Wasserman, George Russell, and the Living Lineage of the Lydian Chromatic Concept
by Patrick Doyle
Few theoretical works have altered the course of modern jazz as profoundly as George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. Fewer still have had their legacy preserved with the depth of care, fidelity, and lived musicianship that Andy Wasserman has devoted to it for more than four decades. For over 40 years, Wasserman ...
Makaya McCraven at the Cleveland Museum of Art
by C. Andrew Hovan
Makaya McCraven Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH February 18, 2026 As the Cleveland Museum of Art continues to expand its artistic reach under the leadership of Gabe Pollack, director of performing arts since 2022, the dividends are increasingly apparent. With the resources to present artists beyond the scope of a ...
Darren Litzie: On My Own Time
by Don Ball
Pianist Darren Litzie's sophomore release as a leader, On My Own Time, eschews the horns of his first release and takes a simpler approach, with bassist Chris DeAngelis and drummer John Riley providing the solid rhythm backing. Litzie also wrote two-thirds of the tunes and shows an imaginative approach to composition, writing in different beat-centric genres ...
Tomasz Stańko: Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91
by Kevin Poindexter
In post-World War II Poland, jazz served as an act of defiance against the state, a resistance to the cultural restraints imposed on society. With its improvised nature and swinging rhythms, it stood in direct opposition to the rigid structure of socialist society. Where jazz relies on individual improvisation as a form of expression, socialist society ...
Muriel Grossmann: Plays The Music of McCoy Tyner and Grateful Dead
by Mark Corroto
To avoid the possibility of provoking outrage from any quarter, we sidestep, at least in theory, the perennial question of whether the Grateful Dead belong under the jazz umbrella. The devotion inspired by the band founded in the 1960s by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and company is legendary. 'Dead Heads' formed a small nation unto themselves, ...
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