We revisit a 2016 interview when NPR’s Robert Siegel spoke with actor and comedian H. Jon Benjamin about a jazz album on which he plays piano despite no training.
Back then, jazz was only good for one thing: ‘lo-fi radio for study’ videos on YouTube, with an animated cafe and soft ...
With that in mind, we sat down with Ife and keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones to discover the jazz records which have all played a ...
Three Bowdoin employees—a writer for the communications office, a professor of Latin American, Caribbean, Latinx, and ...
Lou Donaldson, a pioneering figure in the soul jazz movement, passed away on November 9th. He was 98 years old.
The pianist and producer has redrawn musical boundaries and collaborated with star names — an ascent that began in childhood ...
A leading Native American jazz musician, trumpet player Delbert Anderson was hailed by The New York Times for “mining ...
The South African pianist returns to the Berklee Performance Center on November 16th during his eighth decade of performing.
The eighty-seven-year-old pianist, bandleader, and Jazz Master is a living link between mambo and salsa—and he’s never been ...
Ottawa-based Canadian jazz guitarist and composer Roddy Ellias is making a much ... the pair have stayed in regular contact. ...
Are the vibes good? These tracks by Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Roy Ayers and others, chosen by 12 musicians and writers, should convince you.
Kenny Barron, revered as the best jazz pianist around, is a perfect gentleman and a master of “cool” – a quality once ...