Issue Articles
Marcus Roberts, In Honor of Duke (Columbia)
This is not nostalgic Duke Ellington music like so much that has been released in the last year. In fact, this remarkably original, soulful and intricate jazz would sound new […]
Straight No Chaser: Marcus Roberts Trio & IAJE Conference
Straight No Chaser: Marcus Roberts Trio & IAJE Conference
What Is Gospel Music?: The Dixie Hummingbirds
If there’s any group that can answer that question, it’s the Dixie Hummingbirds. Formed in 1928 in Greenville, South Carolina, the “iron men of gospel” have been spreading the word […]
The New Years Dilemma & A Stellar “Superjam”
So, where will you be? Soon, even the most stalwart resistors of all hype millennial will be forced to answer this daunting New Year’s Eve question. Assuming you’re not one […]
Jazz Dreams
First there was the Civil War TV series and then there was Baseball, offering an epic glimpse into the great American soul. Now, historical filmmaker Ken Burns, whose programs have […]
Kim Prevost and Bill Solley: Good Chemistry
The surreal madness of Saturday night in the French Quarter was only a few steps away, but inside the Chateau Sonesta Hotel, where budding jazz diva Kim Prevost and Guitarist […]
