“You could argue there are two kinds of musicians,” the late Jack Bruce once told Bass Player. “The first type plays one thing to perfection and is satisfied. The other type is always searching.” A ...

Back in the late sixties, when rock musicians started to explore more complex things, the music became at the same time more interesting and, well, complicated at the same time. It was the advent of ...

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock has produced dozens of albums — spanning jazz, funk, jazz-rock fusion and electronic music. He’s ...

When faced with the prospect of replacing an irreplaceable member of the band, Kneebody found a singular solution to the conundrum. Over the past two decades the Grammy-nominated group established its ...

Cal Tjader’s 1976 Latin jazz-rock fusion album Amazonas reissued on 180g vinyl offers lush vibes, killer solos, and essential listening. When I first started collecting Cal Tjader records, ...

The Chicago pianist, drummer, and composer’s sprawling career included a key role in Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew band and a ...

With 12 years of saxophone experience and a Steinhardt Jazz Studies degree under his belt, 2025 graduate Connor Sobieri is no ...

San Antonio native Mike Dillon is a musical innovator and provocateur whose punk-jazz hybrid is virtuosic, intense and, most of all, groovy. As a sideman, the ace vibraphonist has collaborated with ...

Jack DeJohnette, an accomplished jazz drummer who recorded and performed with some of the genre’s biggest stars, including ...

The decision to place another festival right on top of Jazzfest highlighted how much has been flipped upside-down in jazz over the past 20 years. By Giovanni Russonello Back in 2005 — when the first ...

As 2023 winds down, I gaze in awe upon a particularly robust stack of jazz- and improv-oriented releases. It would be easier to compile a list of my 30 or 40 favorites, but there’s only so much space.

Endowed with spectacular range, he played with Miles Davis, led New Directions and Special Edition, and spent decades with ...