Jose James Has the Blues (And That’s Good) — CD review

Jose James, “Yesterday I Had the Blues” (Blue Note) Jose James may or may not have been afflicted with the …

Happy 80 Candles to the Village Vanguard!

Has it really been 30 years since I interviewed Max Gordon at the Village Vanguard for The Villager newspaper, for a …

NPR Music’s Best Jazz of 2014: Steve Lehman, Wadada Leo Smith, Ambrose Akinmusire, more

New releases by saxophonist Steve Lehman, trumpeters Wadada Leo Smith and Ambrose Akinmusire, and saxophonist Sonny Rollins topped the 2014 NPR Music …

The Village Vanguard at 75

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

The Blue Note 7: Mosaic

Blue Note Celebrates Its History … Again A band organized by Blue Note, specializing in music from that label’s archives? …

Jazz Times: Best of 2008 – Charles Lloyd, Bennie Maupin, More

Rabo de Nube, a 2007 live recording by Charles Lloyd’s quartet, tops the list of 2008 critics’ picks in Jazz …