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Just how major is 'A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle'? Nate Chinen and Greg Bryant discuss this historic release on Jazz United, moments after listening together to the album.
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On Let Me Tell You 'Bout It, saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman discusses his devotion to the music of John Coltrane, and how it led to an exciting new album with his Expansions band.
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WBGO's Nate Chinen was joined by saxophonist Branford Marsalis and harpist Brandee Younger in a live conversation about this recently unearthed live recording.
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To kick off Season Two of Jazz United, we shine a light on Impulse Records, the self-proclaimed home for "The New Wave in Jazz" — describing its impact on us as listeners and its enduring significance on the musical landscape.
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The first track on the first album released by Impulse! Records, 60 years ago, bears a prophetic title: "This Could Be the Start of Something Big."That…
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To state the obvious, this was a year like no other.For many of us, 2020 was a heartbreaker, a marathon slog, a stress engine — or all of the above. At…
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In search of holiday inspiration? WBGO has you covered.As we round the final lap of a uniquely trying year, music is more of a comfort than ever. And even…
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Jazz historian, pianist and retired Rutgers-Newark Professor of Music Dr. Lewis Porter plans to spend more time on his own music these days.With that goal…
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A Deep Dive into an immortal song, recorded 57 years ago.In this era when it has been necessary to affirm that Black Lives Matter, John Coltrane’s…
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Andrew White, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, musicologist and entrepreneur who proudly styled himself “the most voluminously productive…