Podcast The Jazz Session With Jason Crane

Bassist Rufus Reid says he’s found a very special combination of players on his new...

Drummer Sunny Jain is using his superpowers for good, choosing on his new album, Taboo...

If all you know about Humboldt County, California, is Firesign Theatre and, uh, “agriculture,” then...

A few years ago, several jazz musicians in Los Angeles decided to pool their resources...

Spike Wilner is a jazz pianist and also one of the owners of Small’s Jazz...

Seth Abramson is a musician and longtime music promoter who books Jazz Standard, one of...

Sam Newsome made a decision nearly 15 years ago to switch exclusively to the soprano...

Drummer Peter Erskine has done it all: Stan Kenton, Weather Report, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis...

Drummer Dana Hall has made a name for himself in the bands of Terell Stafford,...

Paul Pines is a poet with roots deep in the jazz world. In the 1970s,...

Guitarist Nels Cline may be best known these days for his work with Wilco, but...

Guitarist Torben Waldorff’s new CD is called American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare, 2010). On it, Waldorff...

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Henry Threadgill has always followed his own particular muse, and his new...

“Jazz is as relevant today as the yearning of people to be free.” That’s how...

Baritone saxophonist Charles Evans and his longtime friend, pianist Neil Shah, recently released Live At...

On Pieces Of Old Sky (Clean Feed, 2009), Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser explores space and...

One of the things that makes Matt Lavelle uncommon is that he doubles on trumpet...

Drummer and New Orleans native Stanton Moore is a busy man, whether with his bands...

Trumpeter Erik Telford finds a balance between the electric and the acoustic on his new...

Baritone saxophonist and composer Fred Ho made Celestial Green Monster (Mutable Music, 2010) because he...