hen writing about this year’s centenary celebrations of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, it’s been fascinating to see how their respective work has been revisited and redefined for the 21st century. One ...

arly on in this memoir-of-sorts from Al Schackman (via A.G. Dunewood Publishing Co.), the venerable guitarist (93 this October) mentions that he has perfect pitch and a photographic memory. Both serve ...

That’s what Ravi Coltrane told me around the time of the 2021 reissue of Giant Steps, the 60th anniversary package. Having previously interviewed Ravi about his own solo work over the years, it’s been ...

The Sound of Philadelphia got a little quieter this week as Dexter Wansel, the jazz fusion keyboardist, singer and composer behind the hit album Life on Mars — a space-soul classic that turns 50 this ...

Just weeks away from sharing a 100th birthday with fellow jazz players Miles Davis and John Coltrane, guitarist-composer Joe Negri — known to PBS-loving kids and parents as Handyman Negri, Fred Rogers ...

In my recent Bright Moments discussion with the great Steve Swallow, you’d better believe the subject of the classic Jimmy Giuffre Trio of the early ’60s came up. That drummer-less unit, with Swallow ...

T here are conversations that begin before anyone has spoken, shaped instead by the residue of attention already in the air. The promotional image appears, … Read More “Jazz Vocalist and Composer ...

Perhaps you’ve read my commentary on Pat Metheny’s new Side-Eye album. But there’s more guitar this season. As a start, here are four releases from the first quarter of 2026 that set the bar high and ...

Within the dreaded currency of American history, and a moment where midterm elections may by “handled” by the right, it is important — perhaps even comforting — to note that once upon a time, John ...

Richard Alan “Richie” Beirach, the quietly dramatic, Brooklyn-born, classically inspired jazz pianist and composer whose earliest works were crucial to the rise of ECM Records, died on January 26, ...

We’re heading toward the end of 2025 and tallying up lists, which might take a few different forms here as December unfolds. But this first list is mine — no committee, no poll, just my subjective ...

JazzTimes is thrilled to present the following exclusive excerpt from NOW JAZZ NOW, co-authored by music writer Byron Coley, baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and iconic Sonic Youth ...