Stay tuned for a retrospective of the Newport Jazz Festival under the artistic direction of Christian McBride, covering 2016 to 2025. In the interim, below is the material covered for much of that period, 2021 to 2025.
Shards (Red Hook, 2026) is the follow-up to Refract (Red Hook, 2023) by the trio…
Louis Armstrong once noted that “music is life itself.” Expression through sound is a requisite…
With Alkebulan (Outside in Music, 2026), the Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra returns to explore the…
Lauren “Lo” Steele’s debut, Only a Drop (Little Village), is in some respects the female equivalent of…
Historical literature is replete with stories of humans being alone with nature. There is some…
Just about everywhere you turn in the jazz universe in 2026, there are albums and…