On February 17, 2018, pianist Kris Davis played in the second of two concerts at Harvard University to honor the…
What is music? What is art? How is art experienced aurally connected to its visual manifestations? To most people, these…
Often, many place a wall between the secular and the religious, as though neither influences the other. In reality, both…
On Friday, August 4, 2023, the historic Newport Jazz Festival presented a highly pleasurable afternoon of music, as it has…
We conclude our series of 2023 Newport Jazz Festival pre-event interviews with a conversation with Christian McBride. Fittingly, our third…
Jazz music has long had an interesting, albeit complicated, relationship with more popular musical forms. Swing bands were the pop…
Often the best music seemingly transports the listener - by the artist’s direction - to another time and place. The…
When one considers a historical museum, thoughts of those no longer with us often come to mind. Figures who made…
Ingrained in jazz, hip hop, punk, gospel, and R&B, tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has discovered a unique way to…
It takes daring for a producer to lead off a recording with a ballad. When that producer is Marc Free…
