JT Notes: Decisions, Decisions
As our friend in jazz Bill Cosby once said, “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please … Read More “JT Notes: Decisions, Decisions”
Evan Haga
Evan Haga worked as an editor and writer at JazzTimes from 2006 to 2018. He is currently the Jazz Curator at TIDAL, and his writing has appeared at RollingStone.com, NPR Music, Billboard and other outlets.
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NAMM 2011: On the Upswing?
Record crowds, good music and sensible innovation at NAMM 2011
Winter Jazzfest 2011
Growing pains and great music at this year’s cold-weather West Village event
Trudy Pitts Dies at 78
Organist and pianist was a pillar of the Philadelphia scene
Cecil Taylor at the French Embassy
A stunning solo performance from an avant-master
Rock ’n’ Press Rolls
JT’s Managing Editor introduces November 2010 issue by making connection between jazz, drums and rock’n’roll
Sonny Rollins @ 80
Ornette Coleman, Roy Haynes, Roy Hargrove and more celebrate the master’s birthday at the Beacon Theatre
Chick Corea Freedom Band
Corea’s latest all-star assemblage features Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Roy Haynes
JT’s July/August 2010 Issue: Stringing It Along
Managing editor Evan Haga introduces July/August 2010 issue
Charlie Hunter: In the Pocket, Out of Pocket
After major labels and jam-band hype, groove-crazy guitarist Charlie Hunter has the steady gaze of a survivor
Undead Jazzfest 2010
Forward-thinking jazz takes over Manhattan’s West Village
DC Jazz Festival NEA Jazz Masters Concert
Hargrove, Gambarini and more at a swinging tribute to James Moody, and Diz, and straight-ahead jazz in general
Pat Metheny: Orchestrion in Maryland
A tech hiccup can’t keep Metheny’s robot band from dropping jaws
Herb Ellis Dies at 88
Bluesy, swinging guitarist played with Oscar Peterson, Ella, Barney Kessel and more
Nat Adderley Jr. Launches Cannonball Quintet Tribute Project
Band hits San Diego tonight, L.A. March 24
The Entertainers
This issue is a thematic meld of sorts. It includes our annual Personal Farewells special section, where the peers and disciples of recently departed jazz … Read More “The Entertainers”
Eddie Palmieri Trio
Latin jazz to move you, sans percussion
Guitarist Jack Rose Dies at 38
Philadelphia-based acoustic picker was a master of ragtime and prewar blues
Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks! Extravaganza
A perfectly conceived celebration of big-band kitsch hits PA
Rashied Ali Dies at 74
Drummer best remembered for avant-garde work with John Coltrane
BOSS GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor
The digital effects floorboard is a product that Japanese manufacturer BOSS innovated 20 years ago, and one that represented an obvious ideal for the electronics-dependent … Read More “BOSS GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor”
McCoy Tyner: Guitars
Guitars, a CD/DVD set featuring collaborations be-tween McCoy Tyner and five “guitarists” (one is banjoist Béla Fleck), is perhaps the most curious addition to the … Read More “McCoy Tyner: Guitars”
JT Notes: David Sanborn, Drum Legend
I swear we try to hold these theme issues together, but great stuff just sort of gets in the way. This drum-themed book is a … Read More “JT Notes: David Sanborn, Drum Legend”
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival: Jazz on the Mall
Those tired (but very true) clichés about jazz being a symbol of American freedom have probably never seen a more picturesque manifestation than “Jazz on … Read More “Duke Ellington Jazz Festival: Jazz on the Mall”
Godin 5th Avenue Guitar
With the plethora of electrified hollowbody axes available today-flattops with piezos, acoustic archtops with piezos or magnetic pickups, semi-hollowbodies, et al.-Godin’s “’50s-style” 5th Avenue acoustic … Read More “Godin 5th Avenue Guitar”
JT Notes: Higher-Register Education
The end of summer at JT means a mad dash to assemble the two books you just received in the time allotted for one. Not … Read More “JT Notes: Higher-Register Education”
JT Notes: For Those About to Jazz-Rock…
In a 1991 Village Voice column by Gary Giddins on drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, the author makes the point that fusion, despite its outsized popular … Read More “JT Notes: For Those About to Jazz-Rock…”
Vernon Reid: Mistaken Identity
It’s a crisp February night in Manhattan, and Vernon Reid is tooling around the backstage corridor at Joe’s Pub after a loud, audacious early set … Read More “Vernon Reid: Mistaken Identity”
JT Notes: New York Is Now!
Readers and industry types often mistakenly think JazzTimes has Manhattan offices. We don’t. Washington, D.C., where JT is published, offers plenty of jazz goings-on-Sonny Rollins … Read More “JT Notes: New York Is Now!”
JT Notes: Them Changes
One of my favorite movies is D.O.A., a superb film noir from 1949. It includes a priceless jazz-ploitation scene with uncredited appearances by James Van … Read More “JT Notes: Them Changes”