Africa’s impact on jazz has been huge.  Despite the form having a short history of one hundred years, a lot […]

Fifty years ago  in 1968 the world lost Wes Montgomery.  His playing and revolutionary ideas are ingrained into the fabric […]

Jazz is a fairly fluid term these days, characterizing music that centers around improvisation as a key element.  Many people […]

Thirty one years ago, Jaco Pastorius tragically left this planet. His innovations to the bass have been so ingrained into […]

In addition to featuring the greatest names in this music I also give space to up and comers on the […]

https://newyorkjazzworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AntonioSanchezpodcast.mp3 Welcome to the latest edition of the New York Jazz Workshop podcast ladies and gentleman, I’m your host CJ […]

https://newyorkjazzworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/davestrykerpodcast.mp3 Guitarist Dave Stryker has been striking ahead as one of the best jazz guitarists on the scene for over […]

Pat Metheny: acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizers; Lyle Mays: piano, keyboards; Steve Rodby: acoustic and electric basses; Paul Wertico: […]

Percussionist Adam Rudolph has been called a “pioneer of world music” by the New York Times and rightly so, for […]

For this edition of the podcast I bring you a discussion with bassist, songwriter and emcee Divinity Roxx. She has […]

For this edition of the podcast taped in May 2016, I interviewed trombonist and educator Brent Wallarab of Indiana University […]

Gene Ess was born in Tokyo, and raised in Okinawa, Japan. At the age of 17, following growing up on […]