Podcast The Jazz Session With Jason Crane

The Jazz Session started four years ago today with episode #1 — an interview with...

Saxophonist Ralph Bowen returns with Power Play (Posi-Tone, 2011), his third CD in as many...

Music writer and musician Hank Shteamer talks about Mosaic’s new Henry Threadgill boxed set, The...

Saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh teams with guitarist Ben Monder and drummer Daniel Humair on I Will...

Trombonist Brian Drye leads a band of first-call New York players on the album Bizingas...

Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado’s new album, Searching For Adam (Not Two, 2010), features Taylor Ho...

Trombonist Ray Anderson teams up with longtime friend Marty Ehrlich for the new live record,...

Saxophonist David Binney is one of the most prolific composers on the jazz scene today....

Bassist Robert Hurst has been a first-call musician since his early days with Wynton and...

Pianist Lynne Arriale’s new CD, Convergence (Motema, 2011), is her second album to feature a...

Gerald Cleaver’s new album, Be It As I See It (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2011),...

Soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom delivers yet another excellent record with Wingwalker (Outline, 2011). In...

Bass clarinetist Jason Stein and his trio Locksmith Isadore have just released their third album,...

Mina Cho grew up in Korea playing classical music and American gospel. A chance meeting...

Herbie Nichols would have been 92 years old today. The pianist is the subject of...

Saxophonist Christine Jensen is at the helm of a big band for her new album,...

Singer and songwriter Rebecca Martin turns her attention to the Great American Songbook on When...

Multi-instrumentalist Kali Z. Fasteau continues to experiment with the nature of sound on her new...

Woodwind player Jason Robinson released three albums this fall — solo (Cerberus Reigning), duo (Cerulean...

Drummer Gabriel Gloege’s Dymaxion Quartet takes inspiration from Buckminster Fuller and photographer Asca S.R. Aull...