Jazz Artists 1965 -1980

My Time with Pat Martino: From Admiration to Friendship and Musical Enlightenment

Life is a beautiful journey, made all the more so by the people we spend our time with. Upon visiting Pat Martino’s house for the first time for a lesson, he handed me a book he wrote which consolidated his lesson and masterclass materials from the past decades of his work. ... more

Music For Black Pigeons

Filmed over the course of 14 years in various locations such as North America, Europe, and Japan, Black Pigeons captures intimate, improvised moments between pioneers of experimental music at recording spaces in New York, Copenhagen, and Lugano. more

Jazz and Latin Music

The rhythmic traditions brought to the Americas by the African diaspora have had an immeasurable impact on the music of the region. Dating back to the slave trade, African rhythms and musical practices were brought to the New World and merged with indigenous and European ... more

Is white male gatekeeping a problem in online jazz culture?

Is white male gatekeeping a problematic issue in online jazz culture? In the contemporary era, there are multiple YouTube channels which have taught the fundamentals of jazz to those who seek out the music, as well as the historical information. Among the top channels run by ... more

Is Today’s Jazz Too Strange For Modern Audiences?

Is today’s jazz too strange for a modern audience? Most of my friends don’t like jazz, they are either into hip hop, trap music, Latin music or K-pop and the idea they have of this music is something rooted in the past. For those not in the know, jazz can seem like this ... more

Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)– Blue Note till it wasn’t Blue Note Anymore

Change is an inevitable part of the universe. Matter and humankind are born, they morph, they die. “Change, (Makes You Wanna Hustle)” the title of the Mizell Brothers track on Donald Byrd‘s 1975 hit album Places and Spaces had a point. Likewise, since the ... more

Cancel culture in jazz

Cancel culture can be seen in jazz, though it is not quite as prevalent as it is in other genres of music, it does exist. Cancel culture is something that has taken root in social media circles, and is quite popular among millennials and Generation Z, the liberal sphere of ... more

What’s wrong with the “j” word?

In the lexicon of Black American Music, also known as “jazz”, in the past almost 40 years there has been a concentrated effort to get away from the use of the “j” word. What IS exactly wrong with the “j” word? — first is its ... more

New York Jazz Workshop Remembers Chick Corea (1941-2021)

The heroes and legends that define this music, our ancestors that we pay homage to are transferring from the earthly realm. Chick Corea, one of the most important modern keyboard innovators and composers, passed away on February 9th from a rare form of cancer. The following ... more

Super Holiday Jazz selections for 2020

‘Tis the season, and New York Jazz Workshop is here to offer super Holiday Jazz selections to have your holidays cool and swinging for 2020! Arguably the most famous Christmas jazz piece of all time, pianist Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time” is here ... more

Restless Visionary: Eight groundbreaking Herbie Hancock tracks

Herbie Hancock is a restless visionary and groundbreaking artist. This year marks the 80th birthday of one of music’s most important innovators. Growing up in Chicago, being a classical piano prodigy, and having an insatiable appetite for curiosity, both as a player and ... more

5 indispensable Michael Brecker solos

Here are 5 indispensable Michael Brecker solos to study and learn from. When tenor titan Michael Brecker passed away in 2007 after a lengthy battle with MDS, a form of leukemia it left a huge void not just in jazz but music. Brecker, a native Philadelphian like trumpeter ... more