Jazz’s best journalists ask questions and jazz’s best artists answer them.
Last fall, standing in the Philadelphia construction site that would soon be transformed into the latest of his City Winery franchises, Michael Dorf reflected on … Read More “Remembering the Original Knitting Factory”
When the 2020 New York Winter Jazzfest picked drummer/composer Mark Guiliana as its artist in residence for 2020, the festival’s organizers asked him to enlist … Read More “Mark Guiliana Meets Kneebody”
Uri Caine is not afraid of challenges. Whether it’s playing improvisational Jewish music with John Zorn, jamming jazz-funk with Christian McBride and Questlove in the Philadelphia … Read More “Uri Caine Celebrates the Legacy of Octavius Catto”
In the latter half of the ’60s, Miles Davis was in the studio on the reg, recalibrating previous moves to render the parade of new … Read More “Bitches Brew: 10 Musicians’ Perspectives”
Christian McBride may very well be the hardest working man in jazz, a title that would certainly please him as a devoted James Brown historian … Read More “Christian McBride: The Long Birth of a Movement”
Like another Philadelphia-bred bassist—Christian McBride—Gerald Veasley wears a lot of hats. He started playing professionally in the late ’70s with the fusion band Reverie, and … Read More “Gerald Veasley: Everybody Has Something to Say”
Chilliwack (pop. 100,000) is a rural Canadian town, about a 90-minute drive east from Vancouver, in British Columbia’s agricultural heartland. It’s known for its mild … Read More “Trad-Jazz Revivalist Bria Skonberg Explores New Territory”
For most of its recent tour, the Chick Corea Trio has opened its concerts with a seemingly ordinary tuning ritual. Corea plays a series of … Read More “Chick Corea Is the Well-Tempered Clavierist”
That the modifier “rising” should no longer be applied to “star” when describing the remarkable vocalist Jazzmeia Horn is apparent throughout her sophomore release, Love … Read More “Artistry, Inc.: Jazzmeia Horn’s Personal Creativity Corporation”
