Dave Holland: A Bassists’ Tribute
Top bassist-composers pay homage to the U.K.’s most important jazz export
Interviews
Jazz’s best journalists ask questions and jazz’s best artists answer them.
ECM Records’ Manfred Eicher: The Free Matrix
In 1969, a 26-year-old musician and jazz aficionado named Manfred Eicher founded a tiny independent record label in Munich he called Edition of Contemporary Music, … Read More “ECM Records’ Manfred Eicher: The Free Matrix”
Autumn Chill: Smooth Jazzers Reflect on their Hard-Jazz Heroes
Smooth-jazz artists started out like most modern jazz players, collecting records, hanging out at gigs and copping licks from their bop, cool and fusion forefathers. Eighteen of smooth’s most revered practitioners tell us about the jazz luminaries who influenced and inspired them.
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Wynton Marsalis: Reflections on New York
Wynton Marsalis came to New York as a teenager to attend Juilliard. In the decades since he’s become the public face of jazz in the city. The renowned trumpeter looks back and shares his reflections with David French.
Chris Botti: Kinds of Brood
Nate Chinen talks to the crossover star about fame, jazz with mass appeal and Miles.
The Esbjorn Svensson Trio: Taking Five with E.S.T.
The Esbjorn Svensson Trio–aka E.S.T.–is huge in Europe, but the highly melodic and immediately accessible Swedish piano trio has had a harder time making a … Read More “The Esbjorn Svensson Trio: Taking Five with E.S.T.”
Sonny Rollins Interviewed by Joshua Redman: Newk’s Time
The saxophone colossus turns 75 in September. Fellow tenor player Joshua Redman speaks to the master about his life, music and forthcoming live CD, recorded just days after 9/11. Plus, fellow musicians weigh in on the significance of Sonny.
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Orrin Keepnews: Orrinology
Jesse “Chuy” Varela interviews one of the most legendary producers in jazz about his time with Riverside, Thelonious Monk and more.
Lyle Mays: Shop Talk
Lyle Mays, both in tandem with Pat Metheny and on his two mid-’80s outings as a leader for Geffen (Lyle Mays and Street Dreams), has … Read More “Lyle Mays: Shop Talk”
