The third release by Lucian Ban & Elevation, Rush (Sunnyside, 2026) finds the Romanian pianist-composer leading a group with tenor…
For generations, in high schools across the country, the nerdiest mathletes have battled over who can recite Pi to the…
Decades after its disbanding, Weather Report’s legacy remains as significant as ever. Songs like “Birdland” and “Black Market” have increasingly…
With LINDA (Blue Note, 2026), acclaimed South African saxophonist and composer Linda Sikhakhane delivers his fifth album. His second for…
In his autobiography, Music is My Mistress (Da Capo, 1973), Duke Ellington stated that “Jazz is a good barometer of…
It becomes far too easy to focus on the here and now. It is easy to overlook how the fleeting…
An indelible memory of Sullivan Fortner comes from the 2023 Blue Note at Sea, when the pianist lead a trio…
The technical definition of a music producer is someone who “oversees and manages the creative and technical side of recording……
When one thinks of the improvised music powerhouse cities of the Midwest, Chicago and Detroit often first come to mind.…
The ongoing duo of alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon and pianist, Luis Perdomo, has reached its third installment with El Arte…