Interviews

Minimalist Funk Mantras: Charlie Hunter and Ella Feingold Preview their 2026 Newport Jazz Festival Performance

When most “Everyday People” think of funk, they perceive it in a maximalist sense. They soundtrack diaper-clad spacemen tearing the…

2 days ago

Never Stop Grooving: Bernard “Pretty” Purdie Previews his Newport Jazz Leader Debut

In a recording studio sat a drummer behind his kit with two signs hanging nearby. One read “You done it.”…

5 days ago

Beyond the Myth: Rick Anderson on His Mother’s Dance That Fueled Ellington’s Rebirth at Newport ‘56

1956. In the popular consciousness, the grandeur of swing era big bands had ceded to the vibrant electric spark of…

7 days ago

Temporal Stream of Consciousness: A Conversation with Tyshawn Sorey

Few concepts so profoundly shape the human experience yet remain as elusive as time. Without a linear conception of it,…

2 weeks ago

Unlimited World of Possibilities: A Conversation with Joe Morris (Part Two)

We continue with the second half (read part one here) of our conversation with Joe Morris to discuss some of…

3 weeks ago

Unlimited World of Possibilities: A Conversation with Joe Morris (Part One)

As if it were not enough for many to so willingly force music into genre-labeled boxes, the division does not…

3 weeks ago

Keeping the Flame Burning: A Conversation with Hannah Marks

New York City. The metropolis is more than a living space for over eight and a half million. It is…

4 weeks ago

Between Beauty and Horror: A Conversation with David Torn

Jean-Michel Basquiat once noted that “Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time.” But such a…

1 month ago

Remembering Miles Davis at 100: A Conversation with Marcus Miller

Few figures have shaped the course of modern music as much as Miles Dewey Davis III. His chameleonic career can…

1 month ago

Opening Your Heart: A Conversation with DoYeon Kim on ‘Wellspring’

Legend tells that Korea’s plucked zither, the gayageum, was developed sometime in the sixth century by King Gashil of the…

2 months ago