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"Blood Count," the Billy Strayhorn ballad, provides fine fodder for a trio of Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan, as heard on the forthcoming album 'Trios: Chapel.'
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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.
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A few years ago, cornetist and composer Ron Miles managed what I consider something of a hat trick. He played on, and helped define, not one but three…
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Especially at the finale of a great concert, an audience can become what I call The Beast. Insatiable. Ravenous. Wanting more. And more. And more.Artists…
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Dan Tepfer is a unique combination of things — a jazz pianist, a scientist with a degree in astrophysics, a computer programmer, even an occasional book…
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The essence of jazz is improvisation, it's often said. But there should also be a special clause for collaboration or communion — the magic that can…