Mike Travis, who has died aged 78, was a drummer and actor who was...
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The great jazz pianist Norberto Machline died. The Argentine musician died at the age...
Seriously amazing two-part video series from 1990 includes priceless footage of Buck Clayton, Milt...
Zakir Hussain is one of the world’s most in demand percussionists. From his collaborations...
Charles Gayle burst on the NYC jazz scene in the ’90s, at which point...
My friendship with Fred Moten spans a nation of Black music. Black improvised music...
First things first: I hate almost all of Lou Reed’s music. The Velvet Underground, his solo stuff,...
There’s no clever setup this column can concoct to describe Tom Williams, who died...
My next two records would be for Gramavision, which had an important run of...
I first heard Gerald Cleaver playing with pianist Kris Davis at the Knitting Factory...
Ambrose Akinmusire takes the helm at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance: Video, Photos
Ambrose Akinmusire was 25, a trumpeter and composer obviously on the rise, when he...
Tony Bennett, the American jazz singer who became the torchbearer for the Great American...