Gary Thomas: “You Don’t Know What Love Is” from the album Till We Have Faces (JMT, 1993, reissued 2004: Winter […]

The New York Jazz Workshop Podcast Series is designed to feature interviews with faculty on their approaches to jazz education. […]

Clark Terry was positively a giant, one of the most joyful forces in jazz. A huge irreplaceable void has been […]

Jeff “Tain” Watts: “The Impaler” from Citizen Tain (Columbia, 1999). Wynton Marsalis: trumpet, Branford Marsalis: tenor sax, Kenny Kirkland: piano, […]

“Summertime” from Bam, Bam, Bam (Concord Jazz, 1988) Ray Brown Trio: Gene Harris: piano, Ray Brown: bass, Jeff Hamilton: drums. […]

One of the most important, and colorful figures in all of jazz Thelonious Monk’s contributions as innovator were massive. His […]

Exploring artist’s catalogs in jazz can be a rewarding, and daunting proposition. There are so many labels, albums, and at […]

When one thinks of creativity, musicality, passion, and consistent challenge, the name of drummer Antonio Sanchez comes to mind. Since […]

Herbie Hancock, who has recently celebrated his 75th year, is an innovator, explorer, a trendsetter, and one of music’s greatest […]

Since her arrival on the international jazz scene in 2003, Hiromi has been one of the most exciting, engaging, phenomenal […]

As I sat and listened again recently to selections from the first 12 Weather Report albums it made me think, […]

Chris Potter is one of the most versatile musicians, in mainstream jazz today. His musical knowledge is vast, the entire […]