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Jazz musicians are forever adept at taking the old and making it new. That skill is on brilliant display in Take Five this week, notably on a remake of a…

What’s on your agenda toward the end of this week? If you live within reach of New York City, Take Five has some fantastic options for you — three…

Matt Mitchell has a rare depth of insight on the music of saxophonist Tim Berne — not only as the pianist in Snakeoil, one of the most accomplished bands…

Thelonious Monk’s soundtrack to Les liaisons dangereuses, the provocative French film directed by Roger Vadim, will be released as a double album this…

As many as 75 Palestinians have needed a leg amputation after suffering Israeli gunshot wounds at Gaza border protests, according to the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center in Gaza City.

Christian McBride’s New Jawn, “Seek the Source”A few years ago, Christian McBride decided to test out a pianoless quartet during an engagement at the…

Luciana Souza, “Night Song”Poetry has always been more than a casual interest for Luciana Souza. You could even call it a birthright: she grew up in São…

In Take Five this week, some killer bassists step out front.Buster Williams & Something More, “Where Giants Dwell”An acknowledged master of the bass for…

In August, immigration officials hauled off 150 workers from a northeast Texas plant — one of ICE's largest operations in a decade. Now the employer is pushing back.

In this installment of Take Five, our weekly playlist, you'll find fathers and sons, a couple of farewells, and more than one refurbished jazz standard.…