Eric Harland

Eric Harland is one of the most in-demand jazz drummers of his generation. Speaking with Leo Sidran on The Third Story, he talks about coming up in Houston, learning from legends, and exploring the properties of "time."

The Third Story is a podcast with Leo Sidran that will be producing new episodes for WBGO Studios in June 2022. Keep an eye on WBGO.org/studios for "best of" episodes releasing each week in May.

"Long Way From Home," which premieres at WBGO, is the opening track from Hekselman's Far Star, due out on Edition Records on May 13.

Some of the most striking music of the moment comes from singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, pianists Brad Mehldau and Aaron Parks, drummer Tomas Fujiwara, and trumpeter Avishai Cohen.

This week's Take Five features heroic work by three very different saxophonists — along with Graham Haynes' latest electronic experiment and John Patitucci's tribute to fellow bassist Paul Jackson.

Bassist Christian McBride partnered with the audiophile music service Qobuz on an exclusive studio EP, releasing just in time for International Jazz Day.

Charles Lloyd — the multi-reedist, composer-bandleader, and NEA Jazz Master — has always been a rambler.To hear him tell it, Lloyd, 82, spent many…

More than a dozen leading jazz artists have joined forces for a concert benefiting the presidential campaign of Joe Biden.Jazz For America, streaming on…

New Year’s Eve is always a bonanza in New York jazz clubs.So in this final Take Five of 2019, we’re spotlighting some of the best bookings in town. Those…

An outsized number of jazz heavyweights call Houston and its surrounding area home — here, they speak of the situation down south and their concerns for its future.