Terence Blanchard is a jazz trumpeter, composer and music educator. His most recent work is...
masters of jazz
The British-born bass player Dave Holland’s recent own-name albums include free improv with a...
On June 4, the iconoclastic composer, esteemed academic/pedagogical luminary, and free-jazz firebrand Anthony Braxton...
My New Yorker Culture Desk essay “Think of Monk” is a well-edited aerial view. What follows...
Guitarist John Scofield celebrates the music of his friend and mentor Steve Swallow in...
From Charlie Parker to Eddie Johnson, remembering jazz centenarians during a pandemic: Photos, Video
This was going to be a year of great jazz centennials. For 1920 marked...
Iconic trumpeter, A&M Records co-founder, painter, sculptor, philanthropist and past recipient of WBGO’s Champions...
Jimmy Cobb, the incomparable hard-bop drummer, died on Sunday at 91. In his honor, here...
Jimmy Cobb died on Sunday, May 25, 2020. The cause of death is not...
Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer David Kikoski. An interview by email in...
Today is Keith Jarrett’s birthday, but he’s the one bearing a gift. To be...
Alto saxophone great Richie Cole once referred to in Downbeat magazine as “the sax...
