Interviews

Finding the Common Denominators: A Conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Breaking Stretch’

Often, one of the first things a young child learns about a band is that it divides into sections. Horns…

2 months ago

Thread of Humanity: A Conversation with Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri on ‘Transylvanian Dance’

Artists inevitably bring their own perspectives and biases into their interpretation of any work. It is impossible to completely divorce…

2 months ago

Laboratory: A Conversation with Danilo Pérez and John Patitucci on the Legacy of Wayne Shorter

There is a tendency to mythologize someone like Wayne Shorter, who seems larger than life. Or to put the subject…

2 months ago

Collision and Coexistence: A Conversation with Nicole Mitchell on ‘Bamako*Chicago Sound System’

Judeo-Christian theology tells the story of the Tower of Babel to explain the existence of different languages and cultures. In…

3 months ago

Tradition Fuels the Future: A Conversation with Artistic Director Christian McBride on the Newport Jazz Festival at Seventy

The Newport Jazz Festival has survived seven decades primarily due to how forward-looking it has been. The event has generally…

3 months ago

Room For It All: Braxton Cook Previews ‘Newport at 70’

As the legendary Newport Jazz Festival turns seventy years old, it is all too easy to look back at the…

3 months ago

Forever: Stanley Clarke Previews N•4EVER’s Performance at the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke. You can read part one here. PostGenre: You were one…

3 months ago

Forever: Stanley Clarke Previews N•4EVER’s Performance at the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival (Part One)

After first being mass-produced by Fender in the 1950s, the electric bass, for many years, found a home in only…

3 months ago

Fearless: A Conversation with Donny McCaslin on David Bowie, Elvis Costello, and the Newport Jazz Festival

According to a 2015 Nielsen report, “jazz” makes up a paltry 1.3% of total music consumption in the United States.…

4 months ago

Trumpet Evolution: Riley Mulherkar Previews his 2024 Newport Jazz Festival Leader Debut

In his speech to the Royal Academy on April 30, 1953, Winston Churchill remarked, "Without tradition, art is a flock…

4 months ago