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At a late-summer celebration in Central Park, Verve Records marked its 70th anniversary alongside SummerStage’s 40th season. From a new generation reimagining Getz/Gilberto to Samara Joy and Christian McBride carrying the jazz tradition forward, the evening was a reminder that musical history is kept alive by the people who believe in it — sometimes quietly, one person at a time. -
The first Labor Day parade took place in New York City in 1882, but it didn’t get moving until a group of workers from Newark arrived with a band. Leo Sidran traces the musical origins of the holiday and considers the enduring question of musicians as both artists and workers.
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Willard Jenkins chats with 2026 D.C. Jazz Festival artist-in-residence Janelle Gill -
Singer and composer Manuela Sánchez Goubert grew up between Bogotá and New York, where studying jazz eventually led her back to the folkloric traditions of her childhood. She talks with Leo Sidran about the value of seeing home from a distance, the connections between musical traditions across Latin America, and jazz as a shared language that allows those influences to meet and evolve. -
Willard Jenkins chats with trumpeter Kenny Rittenhouse about his new album Anthem For The Elders as well as the upcoming D.C. Jazz Festival -
As new jazz clubs open across New York, The Pocket is bringing live music back to the heart of Midtown. Co-founder Martin Porter talks about building a musician-first listening room, carrying forward lessons from the Jazz Standard, and why there’s no bar to shake cocktails during the ballads. -
Ray Long reviews the latest record from singer-songwriter Jacob Jeffries (of Vulfpeck fame) entitled You Got The Right Idea -
Leo Sidran talks to Ashley Kahn about his new book Days of Miracle and Wonder which explores Paul Simon’s unconventional creative process and the complicated cultural and political questions that surrounded the making of Graceland. -
Willard Jenkins chats with Clay Fink of Washington DC-based live music production organization Transparent Productions. -
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart look back on the unlikely beginnings of one of jazz’s longest-running trios, from their early gigs at Augie’s on the Upper West Side to their new album, Rhombus. -
In his annual birthday conversation with his son Leo, Ben Sidran reflects on aging, ambition, practice and the surprising persistence of a worldview formed long ago. -
Dave Popkin has a wide-ranging and inspiring conversation with deeply thoughtful guitarist Stephane Wrembel.
