JJA 2023 Awards: Charles Lloyd, Terri Lyne Carrington, Samara Joy lead musician and recording honorees

Jazz musicians frequently don’t get the props they deserve. So programs like the Jazz Journalists Association’s annual JJA Awards are … More

Just Around the Corner: The Montreal International Jazz Fest

It’s that time of year again: I get to take in the announcements of world-class artists playing amazing summer jazz … More

The Montreal Jazz Fest just added another round of great headliners to the sprawling event’s already impressive lineup. The new … More

Veteran bassist Ron Carter and young bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding, a Grammy-winning star, grabbed the top spots in this year’s DownBeat … More

Great bassists were in abundance at the recently concluded 33rd annual Montreal Jazz Festival. I reviewed several of the bassist-led … More

(recently published in Relix; direct link) Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society (Heads Up) Esperanza Spalding follows up the Grammy winning … More

Belated happy 75th birthday wishes to the Village Vanguard, the basement jazz temple on Seventh Avenue South opened by Max … More

Lionel Louke, Mwaliko (Blue Note) It seems like just a minute or two ago that Benin native Lionel Loueke was making his first … More

My q&a feature on Lincoln Goines (Caribbean Jazz Project, Mike Stern, Sonny Rollins) appears in the March issue of Bass … More

Jazz sessions led by bassists long ago stopped being the exception to the rule. Notable bass-playing sidemen — from Ron … More