The passage of time can leave the legacy of important figures underrecognized. For every figure like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker,…
With the start of a new year, we also start a new feature on this site. These capsule reviews aim…
We continue our conversation with the great Billy Harper by discussing the beginning of his professional career in New York,…
The lineage of jazz has long drawn upon ideas from gospel music, whether Louis Armstrong’s presentation of spirituals or Duke…
My annual list is the only time each year I try to get more personal with my writing, speaking in…
In the second part of our conversation with composer Anthony Davis, we do a deeper dive into his work, X:…
When one looks beyond the jokes about “the fat lady” singing or baseless accusations of the form being boring, one…
We continue our conversation with NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison, Jr. (read part one here) by digging into Mardi Gras…
While the history of improvised music is replete with works of artistic brilliance, such recordings seldom reach outside the confines…
There is much in this world that we do not understand. Phenomena not easily understood by science or human reason.…