Podcast The Jazz Session With Jason Crane

Bassist Charnett Moffett grew up in a musical family. Which is to say, his dad...

Guitarist Michael Musillami’s new album, Old Tea (Playscape Recordings, 2010) was conceived in tragedy. Musillami...

Bassist Stephan Crump formed the Rosetta Trio with guitarists Liberty Ellman and Jamie Fox to...

Guitarist Matt White and his band Fight The Big Bull are part of the creative...

Argentinian pianist Emilio Solla calls his band The Tango Jazz Conspiracy, but that’s about the...

Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum has his fingers in so many pies, he should open a...

Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs is giving the power back to the people to fund her...

Bassist Rufus Reid says he’s found a very special combination of players on his new...

Drummer Sunny Jain is using his superpowers for good, choosing on his new album, Taboo...

If all you know about Humboldt County, California, is Firesign Theatre and, uh, “agriculture,” then...

A few years ago, several jazz musicians in Los Angeles decided to pool their resources...

Spike Wilner is a jazz pianist and also one of the owners of Small’s Jazz...

Seth Abramson is a musician and longtime music promoter who books Jazz Standard, one of...

Sam Newsome made a decision nearly 15 years ago to switch exclusively to the soprano...

Drummer Peter Erskine has done it all: Stan Kenton, Weather Report, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis...

Drummer Dana Hall has made a name for himself in the bands of Terell Stafford,...

Paul Pines is a poet with roots deep in the jazz world. In the 1970s,...

Guitarist Nels Cline may be best known these days for his work with Wilco, but...

Guitarist Torben Waldorff’s new CD is called American Rock Beauty (ArtistShare, 2010). On it, Waldorff...

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Henry Threadgill has always followed his own particular muse, and his new...