NYC JazzFest Coverage: Part II: Ms. Spalding’s playing, combined with the hyena-like horns, rapid drumming, and fast keyboarding of Mr. King and his band was awesome. | Read More
2013 NYC Winter JazzFest: The festival isn’t a mere showcase of today’s most exciting jazz musicians; it is a sort of bopping all-night party. | Read More
Musical Influences: From Louis Armstrong to Radiohead: If you haven’t ever heard them [in a while], they demand a listen, preferably side-by-side, as their sheer musicianship will utterly amaze you. | Read More
Basement Skylights melt your face off with a new kind of psychedelic acid jazz trip hop, all done live and improvised on the fly. | Read More
A hip hop band at its finest, heavily dabbling in jazz, reggae, latin, and psych rock. Check out The Mad Conductor. | Read More
I’ve been a big fan of Lianne La Havas for a while now. The Londoner brings some raw flavor to the scene with her smooth Jazz/R&B-esque vocals. Her Forget EP dropped (UK only) in late December of last year and a few days ago we finally got a music video for “Forgot.” | Read More