Jazz

When you visit a franchise restaurant, you always know what will be on the menu and what it will taste like. When you listen to a Bill O'Connell recording you may not know what is on the menu, but you're guaranteed it'll be a gourmet delight. As in...

When you think of hard-driving swing, daring expression, sophistication and elegance in artistry, formidable technique and a thunderous sound, there are only a very small handful of contemporary pianists you think of and two of them are on this...

When you hear these vivacious performances from Shaw's last recordings as an instrumentalist, you'll join millions in asking, "why did he quit at age 45?" We'll never know; just enjoy the music as Artie, Hank Jones, Joe Puma, Tal Farlow and the band play...

When you can listen to the iconic Space Oddity" and hear it anew - without a trace of irony - you know this project has met it's goal." Neil Tesser. Chicago's Metropolitan Jazz Octet partners with the acclaimed vocalist Paul Marinaro to create an...

When we come to live with dogs we don't think, at first, about the proto-dogs some tens of thousands of years ago who first wandered into a group of humans and was taken in. We don't think, at first, about the subsequent years of shaping and molding and...

When we are boldly and sincerely requested as ourselves, as whoever we may be, we can, in response to one-another, create naturally, things that no-one could have ever specifically demanded we deliver. In order to record the compositions in his...

When the world's preeminent vibraphonist joins with one of the world's most talented big bands, it's definitely Explosive. Bassist/arranger John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton have worked with Milt Jackson since the '70s. Now with the Clayton Brothers...

When the history of Jazz during the COVID-19 pandemic gets written, Armen Donelian warrants a detailed chapter. Though he composed more than a dozen new pieces through the spring of 2021, the veteran pianist and educator didn't use the downtime to...

When the guitar celebrates the spirit of the Reinhardts... Ties of blood and ties of heart come together to pay tribute to the Reinhardt family through the inspiration of Django, of course, but also that of his brother Joseph and his son Babik. Twenty...

When serious artist/composers of Autophysiopsychic music, like Adam Rudolph and Yusef Lateef, come together to innovate and synthesize elements of sound in creative practice, the result is sure to be: 1. musically authentic, 2. aesthetically innovative,...

When self-taught French-born pianist Jean-Michel Pilc moved to New York City in the 90's he quickly assembled a rhythm section of extraordinary skill. With Fran?ois Moutin on bass and Ari Hoenig on drums, the now-legendary ensemble quickly established...

When Ray Anderson was 20 years old, a severe case of diabetes impeded his plans for the future when he suffered facial paralysis on one side of his face. Then, his wife passed away after a long battle with cancer, and the trombonist fell ill with...