Podcast The Jazz Session With Jason Crane

The Jazz Session returns on September 1, 2018! You can support the show right now...

Darcy James Argue came to Penn State to perform Brooklyn Babylon, so I invited him...

Bassist Chris Lightcap released the album Epicenter in 2015 with his band Bigmouth. In this...

Pianist and vocalist Brenda Earle Stokes’ most recent album is 2014’s Right About Now. In...

Saxophonist Josh Rutner’s debut album is Rockabye Battleship (2016). In this interview, Josh takes us...

Allison Au’s Juno-nominated second album is Forest Grove (2016). In this interview, the Toronto-based saxophonist...

Pianist Romain Collin’s new album is Press Enter (ACT Music, 2015). In this interview, Collin...

Trumpeter and composer Steve Lampert’s new album is Zahskl’s Jukebox, Vol. 1. In this interview,...

Guitarist Ross Hammond’s new album is Flight. The solo acoustic record marks a departure from...

Bassist and vocalist Mimi Jones has a new album called Balance on her own Hot...

Pianist Red Wierenga is a member of the Respect Sextet and the Respect Trio. He...

Ras Moshe is a saxophonist who also creates spaces for other musicians to flourish. In...

On this episode, three musicians who’ve recently been on the show, and even more recently...

Cat Toren is a Canadian pianist living in New York. She’s about to release an...

Soprano saxophonist Jasmine Lovell-Smith’s debut album is Fortune Songs. In this interview, Lovell-Smith talks about...

Guitarist Mike Bono’s first album is From Where You Are. In this interview, Bono talks...

Drummer Reggie Quinerly’s new album is Invictus (Redefinition Music, 2015). In this interview, he talks...

Cellist Akua Dixon has just released a self-titled solo album that features arrangements she’s written...

The Jazz Session turns eight today! To celebrate, I’ve put together a look back at...

Peter Apfelbaum’s latest release is an EP by his new band Sparkler called I Colored...