The Gig
06/19/12 By Nate Chinen
The Gig: Reed Switch
Nate Chinen on clarinetists who make the switch to tenor saxophone
04/23/12 By Nate Chinen
John Levy: Boss Bass
Nate Chinen on the bass legacy of this historic jazz businessman
03/17/12 By Nate Chinen
The Gig: Goin' Home
Nate Chinen on Charlie Haden and Hank Jones' 'Come Sunday'
01/15/12 By Nate Chinen
2011: The Year in Gigs
Nate Chinen recalls his 10 favorite jazz performances of the past year
12/23/11 By Nate Chinen
Covert Chops: Jazz-Trained Indie Rockers
How Bon Iver, tUnE-yArDs & other young bands draw from jazz
10/03/11 By Nate Chinen
Where Are the Female Jazz Critics?
Women jazz musicians are ubiquitous today, but journalism lacks a feminine voice
08/19/11 By Nate Chinen
Still Searching, Still Chasin’: John Coltrane’s Village Vanguard Recordings
Nate Chinen on Trane's Village Vanguard Recordings as a life-altering experience
07/26/11 By Nate Chinen
Brandon Seabrook: Pickin’ & Rippin’
Brandon Seabrook has an itchy, overdriven, often evil-sounding interface with the banjo, and as an improviser he uses it to establish a clear but aggressively unsettled identity. You can grasp this intuitively within a minute or two of “Sacchetto Mal D’Aria...
05/23/11 By Nate Chinen
And the Grammy Goes Away...
Nate Chinen has his own ideas on how the Recording Academy can cut down on the number of awards
