(New York City, NY) — JAZZ STANDARD Jazz Standard, one of the nation’s premier jazz clubs, offers another im­pressive month of music with jazz legends and rising stars throughout August. From July 31 ...
My passage as a listener into the jazz world was accidental and fortuitous. As a young rock fan browsing the vinyl cutouts at Jack's Record Rack, I found one of Miles Davis' Live at the Blackhawk ...
I write about jazz for The New York Times. Here are six new and noteworthy tracks, from a recently unearthed Don Cherry radio broadcast to Angel Bat Dawid’s remix of Alan Braufman → Charles Lloyd & ...
If there’s one genre that rivals country music for the most quintessentially American art form, it’s jazz. And, historically, the genres share a lot more common ground than you might think. One could ...
Jazz and rock are always borrowing and always inspiring each other. Here are a few rock songs shaped by jazz, where ...
The term “standard” seems antithetical to something as freeform and limitless as jazz. But, time has proven that these songs are not rigid at all. The only strict parameter is the lyrics, and yet ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Wynton Marsalis is a name that carries weight in both jazz and classical music. A gifted trumpeter, composer, and educator, he has spent decades championing the art of jazz while ...
If you are new to jazz, know nothing about jazz, or are jazz-curious, this list is for you. You may have heard of The Real Book, a “fake” book collection of jazz standards. Think of it as a kind of ...
The Creative Sanctuary has announced a four-concert winter series, “Stories Behind the Songs,” as a follow up to its “In the Constellations Now” jazz series. These concerts will feature a variety of ...