Vocalist Sachal Vasandani and pianist Romain Collin introduced their neighborly musical partnership on 2021’s Midnight Shelter, a quiet and often ravishing collection of songs that emerged … Read More “Sachal Vasandani/Romain Collin: Still Life (Edition)” The post Sachal Vasandani/Romain Collin: Still Life (Edition) appeared first on JazzTimes.
In spring 1963, when Coleman Hawkins was 58 and making some of the most astonishing music of his career, he gave a short but revealing … Read More “Chronology: Coleman Hawkins Reaches New Heights in the Late ’50s and Early ’60s” The post Chronology: Coleman Hawkins Reaches New Heights in the Late ’50s and Early
The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra have commissioned a new work by the noted Cuban-American multi-instrumentalist and composer Paquito … Read More “Wolf Trap and National Symphony Commission Work by Paquito D’Rivera” The post Wolf Trap and National Symphony Commission Work by Paquito D’Rivera appeared first on JazzTimes.
The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra have commissioned a new work by the noted Cuban-American multi-instrumentalist and composer Paquito … Read More “Wolf Trap and National Symphony Orchestra Commission New Work by Paquito D’Rivera” The post Wolf Trap and National Symphony Orchestra Commission New Work by Paquito D’Rivera appeared
The 2022 Newport Jazz Festival’s three days of sunshine were bracketed, more or less, by a pair of all-star ensemble jams that included Christian McBride. … Read More “Newport Jazz Festival 2022” The post Newport Jazz Festival 2022 appeared first on JazzTimes.
The legacy of the late trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko will be celebrated at an all-star memorial concert on Sept. 18 at Roulette in New … Read More “Tomasz Stańko to Be Celebrated in NYC” The post Tomasz Stańko to Be Celebrated in NYC appeared first on JazzTimes.
Any recording that contains a track titled “Rewind Fee” has a substantial bit of throwback in its spirit, and that’s the case with Spider Season, the … Read More “Nick Dunston: Spider Season (Out of Your Head)” The post Nick Dunston: Spider Season (Out of Your Head) appeared first on JazzTimes.
Put a “the” in front of a name and it acquires historical heft. The Thelonious Monk who entered New York City’s WOR Studios as Halloween … Read More “Thelonious Monk’s First Sessions” The post Thelonious Monk’s First Sessions appeared first on JazzTimes.
You want to get the word about Bird? Sheila Jordan, doyenne of jazz singers and 93 years young, continues to share the gospel of bebop, … Read More “Sheila Jordan: Live at Mezzrow (SmallsLIVE/Cellar)” The post Sheila Jordan: Live at Mezzrow (SmallsLIVE/Cellar) appeared first on JazzTimes.
‘Promised Land’ by guitarist and ace producer Paul Brown is his ninth solo project and the first (not counting his 2021 collaboration with Larry Carlton) since 2020 and ‘Ones Upon A Time’. It is a tight ten-track collection of original compositions embellished as usual with contributions from his inner circle of backing musicians plus input