Grammy-nominated pianist, composer and bandleader JOEY ALEXANDER announces the release of his major label debut album WARNA (Verve Records). Slated for release January 31, the album is primarily a collection of reflective, moving new and original music by an experienced and confident musician.…
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Alone Together — Catherine Russell Best Regional Roots Music Album: Good Time — Ranky Tanky Best Instrumental Composition: “Begin Again” — Fred Hersch Best Traditional Blues Album: Spectacular Class — Jontavious Willis Best Traditional Blues Album:…
Pat Metheny’s new album From This Place will be released on Nonesuch Records on February 21, 2020. Joined by his long-time drummer Antonio Sanchez, Malaysian/Australian bassist Linda May Han Oh, and British pianist Gwilym Simcock, as well as the Hollywood…
Each year, the prestigious title is only awarded to a limited number of artists who have “significantly contributed to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance.” The distinction was presented to the legendary tenor saxophonist and flutist at the Maison…
Wild Wild East first started to take shape following the 2016 election. “It felt like the Wild West,” Jain says of the times. Premiering on Brooklyn Vegan, lead single “Immigrant Warrior” conveys the concept behind the album title. It sounds like…
Guitarist and bluesman Jack Broadbent releases the second single off his forthcoming record Moonshine Blue, “Everytime I Drown,” exclusively on American Songwriter. Check out the emotionally raw, single-shot music video, filmed on a freezing cold day at Lake Superior. Watch The…
“Although each individual member of this supergroup is a bona fide jazz titan, these incredible musicians dwell in the rarefied air of bands whose whole is greater than the sum of its already-sublime parts. Their musical conversation is sophisticated, soulful…
Margie Goldsmith of Forbes caught up with Coco Montoya after his recent show at the Iridium in NYC to discuss his new release Coming In Hot. On what makes his fifth album unique, Coco says, “the songwriting. I don’t do…
Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling—coming off his sixteenth top-listing on the Annual Downbeat Critics Poll—will record a new album featuring acclaimed global jazz ambassador, pianist and composer Danilo Pérez. Due for release on April 3, 2020, the release brings together…
The iconic Charleston, S.C. band brings the Gullah to NPR in this special session with World Cafe. Watch Now Ranky Tanky on TKA