BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Award-winning Danish jazz pianist and composer Kathrine Windfeld talks about her new big band project, Orca. The jazz history books tell us that the big bands largely went the way of the dinosaurs and...
“He’s Always Looking For Something New”: Jazz Guitarist Lionel Loueke Talks About His Hero Herbie Hancock.
Guitarist and singer Lionel Loueke‘s musical journey has been nothing less than remarkable; so much so that it could almost be described as a heroic odyssey because it saw him battling seemingly insurmountable obstacles...
CHARLES TOLLIVER: ‘Connect’ (Gearbox)
Born in Florida and raised in New York, veteran trumpeter Charles Tolliver has played with some of the greatest names in jazz. In the 1960s, he appeared on significant Blue Note albums by saxophonist...
ALBERT AYLER: ‘New Grass’ (Third Man Records)
It’s 50 years since ALBERT AYLER‘s body was fished out of New York’s East River. He’d been missing for three weeks and his death at 34 was a mystery that some still speculate on:...
BACK TO THE SOURCE – NUBYA GARCIA DEBUT ALBUM DROPS IN AUGUST
Award-winning London tenor saxophonist, NUBYA GARCIA, has announced that her long-awaited solo debut album, ‘Source,’ is due for release on August 21st via Concord Jazz. The nine-track long-player, which features Garcia’s recent singles, the...
Lost Thelonious Monk Live Recording Unveiled
On July 31st, Impulse! Records will release ‘Palo Alto,’ the first commercial release of a Thelonious Monk concert recorded in California during the autumn of 1968. The recording boasts an intriguing back-story: the concert...
PEGGY LEE: ‘Ultimate Peggy Lee’ (UMC)
Peggy Lee is right up there with Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, and Elvis Presley as one of the 20th century’s most important and influential voices. She was born Norma Delores Egstrom in...
Blue Note To Release Lost Art Blakey Album In August
On March 8th, 1959, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers went into Rudy Van Gelder’s New Jersey recording studio and cut six tracks intended for the group’s next Blue Note album. But the label’s...
