Jazz’s best journalists ask questions and jazz’s best artists answer them.
Ted Rosenthal has a long and impressive résumé. The 58-year-old pianist was an early winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk Competition and went on to … Read More “Ted Rosenthal’s Dear Erich: Grandmother to Son”
Drummer, composer, bandleader: the words seem inadequate. Brian Blade is an experience. Leaving his creative imprint on a wide swath of jazz and pop over … Read More “Bright Moments: Brian Blade”
At New York’s Café Carlyle in May, the “punk-vaudeville” band Nancy And Beth thought broadly. In addition to touching on jazz, country, soul, and gospel, … Read More “Nancy And Beth: Cabaret Gone Crazy”
When Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood made its public-television debut on Feb. 19, 1968, its creator and host, Fred Rogers, already knew that music would play an … Read More “The Music of Fred Rogers’ Neighborhood”
Terence Blanchard didn’t form his fusion band the E-Collective with the intention of making politically and socially informed music. But, he says, “Real life was … Read More “Terence Blanchard & the E-Collective: Fusion for Humanity”
Van Morrison’s love for jazz and blues is well documented, going back to his genre-bending classic Astral Weeks, recorded in 1968 and featuring bassist Richard … Read More “Joey DeFrancesco on Working With Van Morrison”
The downtown scene in New York City has witnessed its fair share of great venues come and go over the years. The latest loss, or … Read More “The Stone: An Oral History”
On March 15, the tenor saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd spent his 80th birthday at home—both literally and, given that he’s one of jazz’s most … Read More “The Charles Lloyd Interview: Life of a Song”
Every now and then at Holland’s annual North Sea Jazz Festival, the Jazz Café—the small room that hosts the festival’s talk events—fills to capacity. People … Read More “A Conversation with Michael League and Terrace Martin”
