Ingrid Laubrock

WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with pianist, composer and educator Andy Milne about his album Time Will Tell with its underlying theme of searching for his birth mother.

On her new album, inspired by artist Cy Twombly, pianist Myra Melford convenes an all-star group with guitarist Mary Halvorson, cellist Tomeka Reid, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, and percussionist Susie Ibarra.

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…

Also: a made-in-quarantine album by Miles Okazaki, and the marital duo of Jana Herzen and Charnett Moffett.Bobby Watson, “Keepin’ It Real”Hard bop has…

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi, “I’m On My Way” The Big Ears Festival, which wrapped up its 2019 edition over the weekend, is a feast of sound and…

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…