Huntertones returned to the old-school way of recording for its latest album, Transmission. All six bandmates were in one ...

The Marcus Belgrave Story, bassist Endea Owens discusses a difficult chapter in her life during which she questioned whether ...

Pat Senatore, a well-regarded bassist and club owner, died Sept. 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 91. He grew up in the ...

The pairing of Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane was billed as “The Miles/Coltrane Legacy,” a tour celebrating the twin centennials of 2026, focusing on the sounds and spirit they produced together ...

American tenori di forza are a thing. Tenor saxophonists, that is. Sal Nistico, Sam Butera, Don Menza, Frank Tiberi, Jerry ...

It’s always important to give space, take space and then create together,” Nils Petter Molvær says. “That’s the essence of a ...

As emcee Mark Ruffin noted at the commencement of an epic tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, on Sept. 19, the gigantic ...

Herbie Hancock and jazz impresario Darlene Chan were honored at a September gala in support of the L.A. jazz club Sam First. (Photo: Craig Allyn) In 1968, Geordie Hormel purchased the ...

“It was just that suddenly … I could hear it,” Ravi Coltrane said of an epiphany he experienced during his late teens regarding his father’s music. “And it was almost like a calling, like something ...

Oliver Jones’ debut album, Live At Biddle’s Jazz & Ribs, was recorded in 1983, the first release on the Montreal-based label Justin Time. (Photo: Sharonne Cohen) The passing of Canadian treasure ...

Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet will record live at New York’s Village Vanguard for ECM records on Aug. 26–27. (Photo: Michael Jackson) One of Joe Lovano’s buzz terms is “the moment of now” and with ...

There’s an old joke about how the drummer is usually the first player to arrive at the gig and the last to leave due to the mechanics of setting up their respective instrument, while the rest of band ...