Jazz Journalism

How does one go about describing the sound of guitarist Bill Frisell? In this excerpt from his biography 'Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer,' Philip Watson considers the question with a little help from Joe Henry, Jason Moran, Nels Cline, Mary Halvorson and others.

As 2022 gets underway, we're energized with a spirit of renewal. So we decided to devote this episode of Jazz United to some New Year’s resolutions.

Along with his legacy on the air at WBGO, Michael Bourne has been a distinguished fixture at DownBeat. Frank Alkyer, the magazine's publisher, pays a lovely tribute here.

The Jazz Journalists Association presents a conversation among recent JJA Awards winners: guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Thomas Morgan, who took Duo of the Year, with the cohosts of Jazz United, which won Podcast of the Year.

Winners have been announced for the 2021 JJA Jazz Awards, celebrating excellence in music and music journalism.

Twenty-three years ago, I went out on my first reporting assignment and ended up in Amiri Baraka’s laundry room.I was 20, learning the ropes as a jazz…

During the wintertime, there’s always an avalanche of music-related storylines hitting our Inbox. Between the results of 2019 NPR Jazz Critics Poll and a…

What do you get when you bring four jazz critics together to discuss The Year in Jazz?There’s no brief answer to that question, just as there’s no easy…

No one needs to be reminded that 1959 was an exceptionally good year for jazz. Among other things, it gave us some of the most celebrated jazz albums ever…

Organized and moderated by our own Nate Chinen, The Year in Jazz is a panel discussion about the music, the artists, and the moments that shaped jazz in…