Craig Taborn

So many of us are more than ready to put 2020 into the rearview. In this year-in-review episode of Jazz United, we do just that, trying our best to make sense of it all.

Jazzfest Berlin has seen its share of changes since first taking flight, as Berliner Jazztage, in 1964.That inaugural edition is perhaps best known today…

The musical fruits in our epic Fall Preview are now dropping to the public. The chief compiler of that undertaking, WBGO editorial director Nate Chinen,…

At one point in the process of compiling WBGO’s 2020 Fall Preview, I realized that a handful of this season’s most anticipated albums amount to More of…

It’s time to start making your plans.After all, the Winter Jazzfest is right around the corner — and its wild profusion of sounds and scenes can feel…

One thing I’ve noticed over two decades’ worth of interviews with Vijay Iyer, the award-winning pianist and composer, is that he doesn’t instinctively…

And introducing SPAGA, a new trio led by pianist Aron Magner of The Disco Biscuits.Sara Gazarek, “Never Will I Marry”There has always been a bright,…

This week’s Take Five is a supersize preview, featuring picks for Friday and Saturday nights. Winter Jazzfest kicked off last week and has only picked up…

Kris Davis and Craig Taborn, "Love in Outer…

Sometimes a theme emerges by chance, revealing itself in the moment. That’s true of this week’s installment of Take Five, featuring new music by a range…