Review: Kurt Elling & Yellowjackets ‘Play Weather Report Alive in Europe + Bonus Studio Recordings’

3 days ago
Jim Hynes

Decades after its disbanding, Weather Report’s legacy remains as significant as ever. Songs like “Birdland” and “Black Market” have increasingly…

Review: Linda Sikhakhane’s ‘LINDA’

2 weeks ago

With LINDA (Blue Note, 2026), acclaimed South African saxophonist and composer Linda Sikhakhane delivers his fifth album. His second for…

Vehicle: A Conversation with Arturo Sandoval

2 weeks ago

In his autobiography, Music is My Mistress (Da Capo, 1973), Duke Ellington stated that “Jazz is a good barometer of…

Beyond Space and Time: A Conversation with Charles Lloyd

2 weeks ago

It becomes far too easy to focus on the here and now. It is easy to overlook how the fleeting…

Review: Sullivan Fortner’s ‘Leave That in There’

2 weeks ago

An indelible memory of Sullivan Fortner comes from the 2023 Blue Note at Sea, when the pianist lead a trio…

Creating Beyond the Performance: A Conversation with Red Hook Records’ Sun Chung

3 weeks ago

The technical definition of a music producer is someone who “oversees and manages the creative and technical side of recording……

Review: Rob Dixon’s ‘Naptown Soul’

3 weeks ago

When one thinks of the improvised music powerhouse cities of the Midwest, Chicago and Detroit often first come to mind.…

Review: Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo’s ‘El Arte del Bolero, Vol. 3’

4 weeks ago

The ongoing duo of alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon and pianist, Luis Perdomo, has reached its third installment with El Arte…

Endurance : A Conversation with Jon Madof on ‘Netzach’

4 weeks ago

In Hebrew, the word Netzach (נצח) holds several overlapping meanings. Some, like “eternity” or “perpetuity,” point to  spiritual existence beyond…

Review: Joe Zawinul Music Odyssey’s ‘Zawinul Legacy Band 3.0 Live at Grafenegg’

1 month ago

The tunes of Weather Report have long seemed destined to endure beyond the slog of much of the jazz-fusion that…