Melissa Aldana

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…

Christian McBride, Esperanza Spalding and Branford Marsalis are among the jazz and blues artists in the running for the 62nd Grammy Awards. The Recording…

Artemis, the all-star septet formed by pianist Renee Rosnes, has signed to Blue Note Records.In a statement released today, the label confirmed that the…

How do you distill the spirit of the Monterey Jazz Festival into a single band? Considering the ethos of the annual event, the band was designed to be a…

Stretch your horizons this week in Take Five.The Art Ensemble of Chicago, “Oasis at Dusk”For a broad coalition of adventurous listeners, few albums this…

Renee Rosnes has seen her share of jazz supergroups. Thirty years ago, she held down the piano chair with Out of the Blue, a youthful all-star crew formed…

Take Five kicks off 2018 in high style, with music that stretches forward.Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg, “Dirt - Part III”Close observers of the…