Podcast The Jazz Session With Jason Crane

Saxophonist Howard Wiley explores the music and conditions at Angola prison in Louisiana on 12...

Saxophonist Geof Bradfield traveled to several African countries in 2008. His new album, African Flowers...

Guitarist Mary Halvorson explores adventurous musical territory on Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records, 2010). In...

Saxophonist Dave Liebman is celebrating an amazing year full of recordings and awards. In this...

Saxophonist Beth Schenck’s fascinating approach to rhythm is one of the standout features of her...

Vocalist Theo Bleckmann is all by himself on his new solo recording, I Dwell In...

Steve Cardenas has worked as a sideman on too many records to count, and now...

Pianist John Escreet explores a structured freedom on his album, Don’t Fight The Inevitable (Mythology,...

Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Andrew Lamb’s trio went into the...

For more than a decade, Kneebody has been making music that’s hard to classify and...

Pianist Jimmy Amadie has recorded seven albums, despite being able to play for just a...

Here’s an interview I recorded in 2007 with guitarist Gene Bertoncini. This is what I...

Roland Vazquez explores a series of historical and philosophical ideas through the medium of music...

Here’s an interview from the early days of The Jazz Session with guitarist David Torn....

Eric Hofbauer is using the solo guitar to explore American identity on a trilogy of...

It’s been 14 years since trumpeter Pharez Whitted last released an album, a drought he’s...

Trumpeter David Weiss and his band Point Of Departure explore music from the late 1960s...

Steve Coleman leads his band Five Elements through another thought-provoking set on Harvesting Semblances And...

Pianist Marc Copland joins Dave Liebman, Billy Hart, Drew Gress and John Abercrombie in the...

When one thinks of free jazz, one of the first names that springs to mind...