I feel that jazz is not so much a style as a process of making music.
-Bill Evans
Almost everybody has seen it: Sailor Sabol’s spectacularly out-of-tune rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the February 2021 CPAC convention. Dozens of videos are circulating … Read More “Larry Goldings Reaches New Audience as Comedian”
In the fall of that notorious election year of 2016, six-time Grammy-winning arranger/composer Vince Mendoza was working on a commission from the Czech National Symphony … Read More “Vince Mendoza: Back to the World”
Optimism is an unlikely through line for a jazz statement born, reared, and recorded during a pandemic. But alto saxophonist and composer Steve Slagle can … Read More “Overdue Ovation: Steve Slagle Remains Optimistic with New Album”
For a certain generation of listener, the sound of Gary Bartz’s alto saxophone doesn’t trigger memories of his indelible playing on Miles Davis’ Live-Evil or … Read More “Gary Bartz & Jazz Is Dead”
