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Fotobuddy Photography/Paula Abreu, Director of Presented Programming at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, aimed for a balance of fresh and familiar in her inaugural season. -
Chick Corea Productions/'Sardinia,' featuring Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, is another grace note from pianist Chick Corea, who died in 2021.
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A master bassist whose influence was felt throughout modern jazz and classical music as well as rock, folk and pop, Richard Davis died on Sept. 6, at 93. -
The latest offering by tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is a tribute to Mahalia Jackson, featuring his acclaimed Red Lily Quintet. He talked about the album and its spiritual dimensions with WRTI's Nate Chinen.
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Equally at home with boppish fluency or a gutbucket blare, Curtis Fowlkes was a trombone virtuoso who collaborated far and wide, co-founding The Jazz Passengers. He died on Aug. 31, at 73.
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Trumpeter and composer Terell Stafford speaks with WRTI's Josh Jackson about the shift in mindset that informed his dynamic new album, 'Between Two Worlds.'
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Nearly six months after his death, a tribute concert and a documentary attempt to capture the spirit of the perpetually exploring saxophonist and composer.
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The latest single from Joshua Redman's new Blue Note album, 'where are we,' is a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia," featuring vocals by Gabrielle Cavassa.
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New albums by Jon Batiste and Louis Cato arrive with high expectations. Both — as their experience leading led the band at Stephen Colbert's The Late Show has proved — are stellar live performers.
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Watch the Steven Feifke Big Band perform "Patience's Promise," featuring Benny Benack III
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Drummer, composer and bandleader Billy Hart has been named a 2023 recipient of the Living Legacy Jazz Award, Presented by PECO.
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Drummer Johnathan Blake has always carried a musical torch for his father, the late violinist John Blake, Jr. With a forthcoming Blue Note album, 'Passage,' he pays his most direct homage yet.
