-
Renee Klahr/Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year. -
Renee Klahr/Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.
-
In his native Puerto Rico, a jazz drummer found that his friends could all get down to Fela Kuti. So in New York, Cole assembled an 11-piece band to locate the African heart of Caribbean party music.
-
A Toronto-based jazz trio whose approach to the genre has angered aficionados and grabbed the attention of young fans, BADBADNOTGOOD carries on jazz's rich tradition of reinvention and provocation in "UWM." -
Henry Cole's debut album is an Afrobeat party — which isn't that far removed from his jazz style.
-
Masabumi Kikuchi's fully improvised album Sunrise features late, like-minded drummer Paul Motian.
-
Ralph Peterson, Neneh Cherry, the Library of Congress archives and a generous Metallica bassist.
-
The saxophonist performs a piece by his contemporary — a practice much rarer than you might think.
-
Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux stops by to discuss her most recent album, her secret desire to make a jazz record and her musical theories.
-
Pianist and composer Kurt Ellenberger urges musicians to "make money doing something else."
-
In Sonnymoon's "Just Before Dawn," Anna Wise's ethereal vocals float across a palpitating soundscape. "Every night, you should have someone to hold," Wise sings, "to tell you that you did okay when your mind is against you."
-
Jason Crane of The Jazz Session interview podcast is touring the U.S. via Greyhound bus.
