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The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Mark Isham, John Coltrane And Others
by Lawrence Peryer
John Coltrane would have turned 100 last week. So this hour closes with 15 minutes of him live at the Village Vanguard in 1961. On the way there, we open in Paris in 1970, with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Fontella Bass. In between, mostly new records: my podcast guest Mark Isham's first solo album ...
Energy Center - A History Of Studio Rivbea By Ed Hazell
NoBusiness Records is pleased to announce publication of author Ed Hazell’s Energy Center, a pioneering study of Studio Rivbea, the arts and music center operated by saxophonist-composer Sam Rivers and his wife Bea. Perhaps the best-known and most influential of the artist-run venues of the 1970s New York Loft Era, Rivbea introduced wider U.S. audiences to ...
Jelly Roll Morton - 'New Orleans Joys: The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926' Out November 6th
New Orleans Joys : The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926 chronicles the definitive early work of pianist, composer and raconteur Jelly Roll Morton, who created masterpieces born from the cultural melting pot of 1900s New Orleans; the primitive blues of prostitutes, hymns to God from its churches, joyous anthems of the city’s brass bands, the lessons from ragtime ...
How Can Album Notes Compete For A Grammy Nomination?
Five compositions, five histories—and a 16-page booklet that argues that the story surrounding music can be part of the work itself. Most people think of a GRAMMY as an award for something they can hear: a performance, a song, an album, an arrangement. But there is a GRAMMY category in which the principal work being considered ...
I Love New York
by Marshall Bowden
This article first appeared on All About Jazz in October 2001. There's another reason as well. New York City is a financial and business center, certainly, and this is one reason it was marked for attack. But it is also very much our nation's cultural and arts center, the showpiece of the country that ...
Marcus Miller At Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Marcus Miller Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center “We Want Miles" Centennial Celebration San Francisco, CA September 27, 2026 On Sunday at Miner Auditorium, Mino Cinélu stepped down from his percussion riser, carried a large black gourd to center stage, and drew a startling range of sounds from it, wowing the crowd. ...
Combustible Mix of Post Bop From the Last Century As Well As New Releases
by Jon Greenbaum
Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon, World Sax, Chico Freeman and The Art Ensemble along with a bunch of exciting new releases.Playlist Carmen Quill “Plaza" from Harmless (Ruination Record Co.) 00:00 Henry Threadgill / Vijay Iyer / Dafnis Prieto “I Wanted A Map" from Fifteen (Nonesuch Records) 00:05:26 Art Ensemble of Chicago “Proverbes (I-II-III)" from Les ...
Joshua Smith Quartet, Set 1
by Daniel Peck
Over the past 20 years, Keigo Hirakawa has transformed himself from a student of the jazz masters to an artist with vision and unique sense of expressions. His jazz piano trio is well-known throughout the Midwest for their willingness to be musically spontaneous on stage, exploring original compositions and redefining jazz standards to make it their ...
'Saturday Blues,' A Soulful New Single By Wajdi Cherif
Wajdi Cherif releases “Saturday Blues,” The first single from upcoming trio album: “Explorations” Pianist and composer Wajdi Cherif releases “Saturday Blues,” the first single from his upcoming studio album: Explorations, to be released in January 2027. Performed by the Wajdi Cherif Trio with Gary Wang on acoustic bass and Robert Garcia on drums, “Saturday Blues” begins ...
Kelly Green: Taking Care of the Music
by R.J. DeLuke
Singer/pianist Kelly Green works in a field that can be difficult to negotiate: jazz. In the United States, its popularity doesn't reach that of pop music in all its forms or rock music. But it is always there as a thriving art form. For the keepers of the flame at all levels of talent, ...
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