Duke Ellington looms larger than ever: Photos, Videos
The late Martin Williams, curator of the influential anthology Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz and one of America’s…
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Bill Evans on Miles Davis and Kind of Blue: Video
https://allan-chase.com I’ve been looking forward to sharing this informative interview with Bill Evans for a long time. It…
Meet the NEA’s 2020 Jazz masters: McFerrin, Mitchell, Workman and Kirk: Photos, Videos
Two eminent avant-garde elders, a chameleonic vocal improviser, and a pioneering community organizer and presenter will make up…
Cleveland’s Joe Lovano comes home: Video
If you’re even a casually observant jazz fan, you might think you know a thing or two about…
Duke Ellington: The big band was his instrument: Videos
Well 2000 pieces, 100 tours, numerous jazz standards – Duke Ellington wore the music of African Americans in…
As a crowdfunding platform implodes, a legendary composer rebounds: Photos, Videos
John Zorn, the prolific and brilliantly iconoclastic composer, realized a dream of sorts last year when he released…