-
Photos from the recent Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival which featured performances by Samara Joy, Pat Metheny, Cory Wong, Tower of Power, Chucho Valdes, Claudia Acuna and others.
-
For The Art of the Story, a report on tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, whose album-release celebration doubles as a Village Vanguard debut.
-
Women's History Month Begins with Melissa Aldana, Marta Sanchez, Brandee Younger and Julieta EugenioTake Five marks Women's History Month with riveting new music by saxophonists Melissa Aldana and Julieta Eugenio, pianists Marta Sanchez and Lisa Ullén, and harpist Brandee Younger.
-
Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana made her forthcoming album, '12 Stars,' during a time of heartbreak, healing and renewed hope.
-
An acclaimed tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader, Melissa Aldana will make her Blue Note Records debut as a leader in early 2022.
-
Jazz United profiles a few emerging masters on the saxophone — musicians whose dedication, proficiency and poise represent a vital new chapter. It so happens that all three are women, and their example (among others) upends some longstanding prejudices around the sax.
-
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…
-
Among the countless things made difficult by the pandemic is the act of making music together. As we’ve discussed here before, pianist Dan Tepfer devised…
-
Real-time dialogue is at the heart of improvisation — and it has been all but impossible in an era of social distancing.The limits of our technology, and…
-
The 62nd annual Grammy Awards take place on Sunday, Jan. 26 — and Melissa Aldana will be there, as a nominee in the category of Best Improvised Jazz…