Fans of Greg Skaff may know him as one of modern jazz’s premier organ jazz guitarists through his own trios with hard-grooving greats like Mike LeDonne and Pat Bianchi; or as a
Ah, the lost album again. Guitarist Wayne Krantz laid down Music Room 1985 alone in a garage studio in the summer of 1985, handling all the compositional and instrumental duties himself.
Vocalist and song interpreter Veronica Swift flips the script, following up her 2019 Mack Avenue Records debut, Confessions, with This Bitter Earth, the fourth album overall from the 27-year-old, and one which addresses topical
Daniel Lanois may be more famous for his production of outstanding records from U2, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and Willie Nelson than for his own solo work, some
By now you have surely heard the singles and/or seen the video for “I NEED YOU.” While composer, pianist, and bandleader Jon Batiste needs little introduction, this project, WE ARE,
Whispers and Sighs, as described by songwriter Mary Gauthier, is “a masterpiece, a parting gift from an imagination of genius.” The album is indeed a powerful last statement from David
This long-awaited collaboration between two versatile musicians and individually separate musicologists owes mostly to a deep, close friendship. Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird, come across so authentically on the first
This writer has begun every review, this now the third, of Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with the word “iconic” preceding Lloyd’s name. It’s a term the NEA Jazz Master
Without a full-length album from Valerie June in four years, there is, of course, speculation that we will get a shift in approach which we indeed do on The Moon
Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, altoist Miguel Zenón commemorates Ornette Coleman’s 91st birthday (March 9) with Law Years: The Music of Ornette Coleman.
