The jazz trio’s follow-up to 2021’s Uneasy is irresistibly listenable, an immersive 66 minutes that exhales a particular aesthetic history even as it pulls on the pain and anxiety of our present. By Daniel Felsenthal for Pitchfork Rating: 8.1 Few…
With this latest win, the young singer brings her Grammy count to three in two years. Samara took home the award for “Best Jazz Performance” for her single “Tight.” Watch her acceptance speech for the award below: You can…
Every year, MWI has someone nominated for a Grammy. It’s a real blessing and a significant boost to their careers. We are incredibly excited to grab onto their coattails, or whatever they are wearing, as they head down the red…
The sound is pristine, as are Stacey’s vocals, and the songs all sound remarkably clean-limbed and fresh. By Nick Lea for Jazz Views Stacey Kent (vocals); Jim Tomlinson (tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute, clarinet, guitar, percussion (keyboards); Art Hirahara,…
From the Grammy Museum On the eve of the release of her highly anticipated album You’re the One, the GRAMMY Museum presented a very special, intimate conversation and performance with GRAMMY-winner Rhiannon Giddens at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY. The…
The US singer Samara Joy and her brilliant backing trio earn a standing ovation at a memorable concert at London’s Barbican Centre By Kevin Whitlock for Jazzwise Read more…
By Stephen Kallo, Kimberly Junod for NPR Rhiannon Giddens added to her impressive list of accomplishments earlier this year, when the Grammy Award winner and MacArthur Fellow won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in music as co-composer for the opera, Omar. The…
By Tom Spargo for Jazzwise The tenor sax giant is joined by the young vocalist for an evening of electrifying improvisation and musical storytelling. Joshua Redman is undoubtably a heavyweight of the international jazz scene, an improvisational wizard of the…
By Scott Hopkins for Music Fest News Right after Suwannee Hulaween, the Roosevelt Collier Band and Electric Kif put together a five-night run around Florida November 1-5, beginning in Cocoa Beach and ending in Miami. This would mark the third time seeing both bands…
By Lara Downes on NPR Christian McBride might be the hardest working man in show business, or at least the hardest working bass player in jazz. He’s a tireless road warrior, traveling the world as the leader of his own…
