Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial....
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The Century 21 Exposition, better remembered as the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, left an indelible...
Artists from five continents make up this week’s playlist. Monty Alexander, “Nutty” Monty Alexander...
Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Baptiste Bailly. An interview by email in...
The 79-year-old pianist and composer talks about admiring Kendrick Lamar, making a new album,...
Herbie Hancock explains how he composed Watermelon Man and how Mongo Santamaria influenced it....
Jazz interview with jazz pianist, composer and educator Liam Noble. An interview by email...
South African piano guru Abdullah Ibrahim brings deep illumination to afternoon jazz: Photos, Videos
“The purest thing between heaven and earth is love,” says Abdullah Ibrahim, “and sincerity...
When Kenny Werner came on stage for his concert in Stuttgart in 1992, he...
Herbie Hancock on cultural exchange, new horizons, and “the Survival of Planet Earth”: Photos, Video
Whatever else you call Herbie Hancock — jazz-piano paragon, funk-fusion pioneer, Afro-Futurist, humanitarian, sage...
Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Joonas Haavisto. An interview by email in...
A number of stars have rallied behind a concert to pay tribute to Michel...