08-15-18 Albums
Dawn Clement: Tandem (Origin)
Dawn Clement, extroverted pianist and introverted vocalist, has been embedded in the Seattle jazz scene……Read More
Features
Departments
Top 10 Moments of the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival
Exclusive photos and commentary on three of the biggest days in the jazz year
Features
The Rise and Decline of Emily Remler
Michael J. West traces the meteoric ascent and tragic demise of a forgotten giant of jazz guitar
News
Aretha Franklin Dies at 76
The Queen of Soul—and a great jazz singer too—loses her battle with cancer
Jazz MP3s
- Maggie Herron
A Ton of Trouble
- Joan Watson-Jones
You Don’t Know What Love Is - Melbreeze
The Island
Reviews
Dawn Clement: Tandem (Origin)
08-14-18 Albums
Dexter Gordon Quartet: Tokyo 1975 (Elemental), Woody Shaw: Tokyo ’81 (Elemental)
How ironic that concert performance, once the definition of musical ephemerality, has become the richest……Read More
08-13-18 Albums
Javier Colina & Chano Domínguez: Chano & Colina (Sunnyside)
Chano Domínguez is from Cádiz, Spain, the birthplace (according to legend) of flamenco. His discography……Read More
08-09-18 Albums
Theo Hill: Interstellar Adventures (Posi-Tone)
Interstellar Adventures makes good on the promise displayed on 2017’s Promethean, the young pianist’s debut……Read More
Features
08-14-18
Nate Chinen on ’70s and ’80s Jazz
By Nate Chinen
To some observers, jazz was in mortal danger after the 1960s, until Wynton and the……Read More
08-10-18
A Listener’s Guide to “Loud Jazz”
By David Fricke
Last fall, at a New York performance by the current incarnation of King Crimson, I……Read More
08-09-18
Delayed Trane: John Coltrane’s Lost Album
By Michael J. West
It wasn’t that the session was unknown, but it seemed a given that it would……Read More
08-06-18
The Rise and Decline of Guitarist Emily Remler
By Michael J. West
“You should be a woman for a while” – Emily Remler “When I’m playing, I……Read More