Earth, Wind & Fire’s Ramsey Lewis Roots, Robert Margouleff’s Jazzy Weather Report and More. A.D. Amorosi on Questlove's new documentary, Robert Margouleff's engrossing memoir and the intersections between. jazztimes.com/reviews/videos…
James Brandon Lewis’s Many Roads to Freedom: Punk-Jazz to Classical, Tenor Sax at the Center. JazzTimes contributor David Whiteis gives a close listen to Lewis's work with The Messthetics and the Lutosławski Quartet. jazztimes.com/reviews/albums…
Jazz Bassist Hannah Marks Honors Geri Allen (born on this day in 1957), Charts Own Course with Sophomore Album. Marks follows her 2023 debut with a Jason Moran–produced quartet session for the Endectomorph label. Veronica Johnson reports. jazztimes.com/features/profi…
On the Questlove-Aided Reprint of Greg Tate’s 1992 tome Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America. A.D. Amorosi reflects. jazztimes.com/reviews/books/…
Artist-Sculptor Donna Isham, Trumpeter-Composer Mark Isham: Immersive Art with a Soundtrack. A look at their respective careers and their new exhibition, The Sound of Color. A.D. Amorosi reports. jazztimes.com/features/profi…
Book Excerpt – Steve Schapiro’s Jazz: Best of the Apollo, Village Vanguard, and Riverside Sessions. Including rare images of the late, dearly beloved Sonny Rollins, who wrote the Foreword, and Richard Scheinin's excerpted Introduction. jazztimes.com/features/tribu…
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Historic Instrument Find: The 1939 F. E. Martinez Violin, Fully Restored. A pristine example of Afro-Creole luthiery from the Seventh Ward, New Orleans. Words and images from master luthier William T. Hughes of Shreveport, Louisiana. jazztimes.com/features/speci…
Michael Formanek Thriving in his New Digs. The bassist and composer reflects on his new Intakt Records release and his recent move abroad. A Q&A with Bill Milkowski. jazztimes.com/features/profi…
Stix Hooper Cordially Invites Listeners to Give the Drummer Some. A.D. Amorosi has the story on the latest from the longtime Crusaders drummer, Cookin' Up the Groove. jazztimes.com/features/profi…
A Lost 1972 Interview with Charles Mingus (and Charles McPherson), Part II. Via the archive of the late Erik Mossel, with initial transcription by Guido van Rijn. jazztimes.com/features/inter…