A Master Class With Herbie & Wayne
Don Heckman visits a mentoring session at UCLA
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Don Heckman
The Tierney Sutton Band
Jazz’s most cooperative band is reinventing timeless songs
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
J.D. Souther Takes the Before & After Challenge
Singer, songwriter, actor, jazzer
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Gerald Wilson: Composer, Arranger, Choreographer
An Overdue Ovation for a West Coast legend, by Don Heckman
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Charlie Haden: Everything Man
Don Heckman profiles noted bassist and bandleader
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Marcus Miller: Beyond Bassics
Marcus Miller appraises fellow bassists in a listening session hosted by Don Heckman
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Lenny White: Jazz-Rocker
Return to Forever drummer releases Anomaly, his first solo album of original music in over a decade.
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Ed Shaughnessy: One More Thing to Get Right
Despite a shift in priorities, drummer Ed Shaughnessy keeps his chops sharp
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Return to Forever: Where Have I Known You Before
Last February, on an unseasonably warm winter night in Los Angeles, something special took place in a large building at the fringe area between Hollywood and Los Feliz. On the second floor, in a studio big enough to house a 60-piece orchestra, four musicians were busily working their way through a rehearsal. Stopping and starting, … Read More “Return to Forever: Where Have I Known You Before”
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Bennie Maupin: The Rebirth Of
Bennie Maupin says he’s only learned a few phrases in Polish. But he’s discovered firsthand that the language of jazz can transcend all boundaries. And his new recording, Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone), recorded in Warsaw with a band of Polish musicians, is a definitive display of what can happen when improvisation becomes the ultimate form of … Read More “Bennie Maupin: The Rebirth Of”
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Dianne Reeves: Grand Passion
Dianne Reeves sounds relaxed and happy. A few months of vegging out at home can do wonders for anyone’s state of mind, even a dedicated road warrior such as Reeves. “I’m savoring my last weeks here in Denver before going out on tour to support the new album,” she says by phone from her Colorado … Read More “Dianne Reeves: Grand Passion”
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Marcus Miller: New York State of Mind
Marcus Miller stretches out in an office chair, trademark hat on his head, a contented smile on his face. Keyboards, monitors and assorted electronic gear are all within easy reach for another night in the cozy, cluttered Santa Monica rooms that serve as his primary work space. “Actually,” he says with a laugh, “I used … Read More “Marcus Miller: New York State of Mind”
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Diane Schuur: Deedle Me This
“Look at me,” says Diane Schuur, a pixyish smile on her face. “Here we are in the middle of weight-conscious Beverly Hills, and I’ve still got a big shelf.” Thrusting her ample chest forward, she breaks out in a loud guffaw. She’s right on both counts. We’re sitting in a modernistic glass, chrome and wood … Read More “Diane Schuur: Deedle Me This”
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.
Kenny Burrell: String Theory
Kenny Burrell’s office has the cluttered, chaotic, where’d-that-CD-get-to look of a profoundly busy man. Papers and files compete with stacks of CDs and assorted periodicals in his small, corner workspace, the brain center for the Jazz Studies program he has been running for the past decade at UCLA. “I am swamped,” he said with his … Read More “Kenny Burrell: String Theory”
To access this content, you must purchase JazzTimes Membership.