I have written about and interviewed Taborn a number of times for Jazz Police over the past 20 years, and while it would be ...

Mehldau’s musical personality forms a dichotomy. He is first and foremost an improviser. He cherishes the surprise and wonder occurring from a spontaneous musical idea that is expressed directly, in ...

The Cookers © Kevin R. Mason The 2023 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (CPJF) took place from August 20 to 27 throughout New York City. The FREE activities included a ...

It’s been a wild year in the life of the planet and the nation, and we can anticipate that 2025 will not likely bring us more calm or cleaner air. I am ending 2024 with a very personal listing of my ...

In its 11 th year, the TD James Moody Jazz Festival was once again held largely at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). This has become one of the premier autumn jazz events in the ...

The 2023 TD James Moody Jazz Festival took place from November 3 to 19 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and a couple of other locations in Newark, NJ. This Festival has become ...

I can think of few others who embody the phrase “larger than life’ as Charles Mingus does. Imposing in both physical and artistic stature, his influence on twentieth century music was immense. To have ...

Dee Dee Bridgewater, Shirazette Tinnin, and Savion Glover having a time © Kevin R. Mason In its 11 th year, the TD James Moody Jazz Festival was once again held ...

The 25th Annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival will fill Mears Park with music, June 23-24 “In 2009, both the Strib and PP reported that they didn’t know exactly when Lowertown had turned around, but knew ...

Last year I reviewed the newly found recording from Mal Waldron Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert [read my review here]. That is a brilliant solo piano performance recording. Now I am ...

NYC Parks and the Jazz Foundation of America presented a concert by drummer Winard Harper and Jeli Posse, which included Nick Masters on keyboards, trumpeter James Gibbs, guitarist Charlie Sigler, ...

All over Fort Adams State Park there were signs in tribute to George. Before the beginning of the first day’s concerts, the Jumbotron at the Fort Stage showed an early interview with Wein discussing ...