On February 26th, Blue Note records releases Shift the new project from alto saxophonist Logan Richardson. Hailing from Kansas City, […]

Following the line of trumpet royalty beginning with Armstrong, Eldridge, Gillespie and Davis, Freddie Hubbard’s clarion tone, and incredible power […]

With Christmas just a matter of hours away, it doesn’t take much to rouse people into the holiday spirit. There […]

With a few days away before the scariest day of the year, it may be good fun to choose some […]

In the history of jazz there have been many colorful characters, Lester Young, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Cecil Taylor, […]

Lee Morgan: “Speedball” from The Gigolo (Blue Note, 1965). Lee Morgan: trumpet, Wayne Shorter: tenor saxophone, Harold Mabern: piano, Bob […]

2015 has been a rough year for America’s Classical Music. Irreplaceable, individual giants that have shaped the music with few […]

For this podcast with the Miles Davis Estate, I sat down with Vince Wilburn Jr, nephew of Miles Davis, and […]

For this edition of the NYJW Podcast I spoke with trombonist Doug Beavers by telephone about his upcoming “Titanes del […]

Episode 3 of the New York Jazz Workshop Podcast with the great pianist and NYJW faculty member Amina Figarova. Born […]

Vocalist Thana Alexa’s debut album Ode To Heroes (Harmonia Mundi/Jazz Village 2015) has her referred to as “a rising star […]

On the second episode of this podcast series I spoke with trumpeter David Weiss, a veteran of the New York […]