No conversation with Kurt Elling could ever go in a single direction. The progressive baritone vocalist,…
Category: Jazz Music
A New Language: Carlos Niño, Nate Mercereau and Josh Johnson Bring “Freedom of Movement” to Openness Trio
The best thing about speaking with guitarist-sampler Nate Mercereau and percussionist Carlos Niño — two friends…
Camila Nebbia/Kit Downes/Andrew Lisle – Exhaust (Relative Pitch Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Fotis Nikolakopoulos I don’t think there are more nice words to add to the already said…
Cleo Laine, Jazz Vocalist and Tony-Nominated Theater Actress, Dies at 97
Cleo Laine, the United Kingdom’s most renowned jazz singer and theater actress with credits in London’s…
The Westerlies: Where Brass Winds Blow
Duke Ellington is generally recognized as the popularizer, if not the originator, of the term “Beyond…
The Many Musics of the Monheim Triennale
The Monheim Triennale, in Monheim am Rhein, Germany, is no ordinary jazz festival. First, it only…
Angharad Davies & Burkhard Beins — Meshes of the Evening (Ni-Vu-Ni- Connu, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Stuart Broomer Since the release of Eight Duos, another LP of Beins’ duets has appeared,…
Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet – HausLive4 (HAUSMO148
By Guido Montegrandi Since its release in 2022, Music for Four Guitars was one of my favourite…
Chuck Mangione, Flugelhorn Player, Trumpeter and “Feels So Good” Hitmaker, Dies at 84
Jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer Chuck Mangione — the man behind the pop-jazz instrumental crossover…
Jimmy Greene Plays Through the Blues to Get to the Gold
Saxophonist-composer Jimmy Greene will tell you exactly how he is feeling. Frank, sensitive, Greene sounds restlessly…