Month: January 2022

Celebrated singer of traditional English folk music whose embrace of other musical styles won her a wide following Norma Waterson, who has died aged 82, was one of the finest […]

On an unseasonably warm evening in December, just at the opening break of Omicron and yet another shift in everyone’s lives, alto saxophonist/composer Immanuel Wilkins … Read More “Immanuel Wilkins […]

(Resteamed)Six years before he defined a new British style of jazz, the pianist and composer was already out on his own Everyone knows by now that a distinctively British style […]

Toronto-based flautist Jef Kearns asks the age-old question “Is this Love” in his instrumental cover of Whitesnake’s 1989 chart-topping rock ballad of the same name. Jef’s take on the song […]

This article first appeared at All About Jazz on December 27, 2006. The impeccable Mr. Connie Kay plays perfectly. If you say that sentence out loud in a chamber where […]

Oscar Hernández, longtime pianist, arranger, and musical director for Rubén Blades’ orchestra and founder/musical director of the Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra, wears his prestige lightly. … Read More “Oscar Hernández […]

Voting for the 2021 JazzTimes Readers’ Poll was conducted via an online survey posted at jazztimes.com. Winners are bolded; runners-up are listed below in order … Read More “2021 JazzTimes […]

At No. 1 for a third consecutive week on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart is Houston Person Live in Paris (HighNote). Highest debut (No. 15) and biggest mover (+97) is The […]

The year-old label Le Coq Records launched with a “Jazz All Stars” compilation that, true to its somewhat generic name, included a formidable assemblage of … Read More “The Jazz […]