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Two CDs collect four albums by the sextet which co-leader Art Farmer saw as the antidote to the jam session

MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSICLa de da, love it so much, good vibes – so sorry to stick in one somber note here, but as I heard about 260 carefree music festival celebrants gunned down in the Hamas attack on Israel, I couldn’t help but be reminded that the worst mass shooting in US history was also at a music festival, in Las Vegas. 59 dead, more than 500 hurt. I have no wisdom from this, except maybe, Make Love, Not War, and Give Peace A Chance. "You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the onl...

Clarissa Street Uprooted, a partnership between Teen Empowerment and elders, designed the mural to honor the Clarissa Street community’s golden era.

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify What’s behind “The Red Door?” For pianist Orrin Evans, that question has come to symbolize the daring path his life and music have taken over the course of his three-decade career for taking musical and personal chances. On this his first album since leaving the trio Bad Plus, he … Continue reading

Two albums from the 50s/60s vocal quartet variously recalling the Ink Spots and The Four Freshmen are collected on one CD

Jazz is intimidating to most people because there’s so much of it. You could easily spend a lifetime listening to the stuff and never come close to hearing it all.

In a celebration of Betty Carter’s birthday on May 16, WBGO hosts, staff and friends, including noted singers and instrumentalists, recommend their favorite tracks by the influential vocalist and bandleader.

Roy McCurdy, a jazz drum legend, is playing up a storm at 86

2022 was very good for Joywave and Danielle Ponder. We caught up with them at Ugly Duck Coffee on Charlotte Street and discussed their year. Plus, we look back on the past year of Across the Universe column interviews.

WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with author Aidan Levy about Saxophone Colossus, his biography of jazz tenor titan Sonny Rollins