If ever a band of Miles Davis' deserved the high-intensity inspection/dissection represented by The Bootleg Series Vol. 5, it is his second great quintet. With that man with the horn as the great ...

Freedom Jazz Dance from Los Angeles singer, Julie Kelly offers an interesting array of selections that emanate from that musical road less traveled. And, as in life, sometimes that road yields nuggets ...

Guitarist Ben Westfall (on recorder), drummer Aaron Levin, bassist Leo Lober-Tracy, and saxophonist Rent Romus improvised a quick set before an Oakland Freedom Jazz Society show at Studio Grand on Jan ...

It’s been an exceptional season for Jazz at Lincoln Center. But that’s hardly surprising: this year, Wynton Marsalis and his crew have had a particularly ripe source of inspiration—time itself.

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Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Artistic Director Pat Taylor's JazzAntiqua Dance and Music Ensemble is a ...

For many, the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made in civil rights and the challenges that remain. The holiday is also recognized as a day of service ...

Hard bop and the impulse to freedom -- I: A new intellectual vernacular -- 1. Birth of the cool: the early career of the hipster -- 2. Radicalism by another name: the white Negro meets the black Negro ...

With July 4 rapidly approaching, I thought I would write an article about the connection between jazz and Independence Day. While I was inspired by the subject matter, I drew a blank, and I was about ...

This recent installment in Craft Recordings’ vaunted Jazz Dispensary series puts a special focus on compositions with titles and themes of Black power, freedom, resistance, and Afrocentrism. These six ...