The Brazilian singer Flora Purim helped create the sound of jazz fusion. Now, as she releases what she says will be her final album, it’s time to give her artistic legacy its due.
Saxophonist Tony Malaby’s unlikely pandemic practice space: the New Jersey Turnpike
Saxophonist Tony Malaby, unlucky at the beginning of the pandemic after catching a very early case of the virus — the subsequent isolation imposed on his playing led him to a unique solution.
Barry Harris, beloved jazz pianist devoted to bebop, dies at 91
Barry Harris, one of the leading musicians to emerge from Detroit’s modern jazz explosion in the 1940s and ’50s, died Wednesday.
Phil Schaap, Iconic Jazz DJ And NEA Jazz Master, Dies At 70
Schaap was one of the leading jazz scholars in America and the genre’s foremost evangelist. He died at 70, after a long battle with cancer.
I Played Jazz With Charlie Watts For 20 Years. Here’s What I Learned
A longtime touring member of The Rolling Stones, Tim Ries says his favorite nights were the ones without a show — when he and Watts would sneak into town to play the music they loved most.
Curtis Fuller, Leading Trombonist Of Jazz’s Detroit Wave, Dies At 88
After cutting his teeth in Detroit, a move to New York near the middle of the century found him directly in the center of a deeply important moment for jazz.