Podcast The Jazz Session With Jason Crane

Drummer Martin Urbach is a citizen of the world. His travels have taken him from...

The band Diverse consists of students from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. They...

Bassist John Goldsby has worked in Germany for the last 15 years, playing in a...

Saxophonist Roger Lewis is one of the founding members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band....

The Dan Loomis Quartet currently features Loomis on bass, Eli Asher on trumpet, Robin Verheyen...

Kat Edmonson is making a name for herself as both a smart interpreter of popular...

Pianist and vocalist Patti Wicks teams up with her Italian trio — bassist Giovanni Sanguinetti...

Saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman makes use of spectral harmony on his album Travail, Transformation...

Ben Perowsky’s newest recording, Moodswing Orchestra (El Destructo, 2009), is an experiment is ambient improvisation....

John Abercrombie returns with Wait Till You See Her (ECM, 2009), another album of gorgeous,...

John Surman is a composer with a broad and multi-hued musical palette. He’s written for...

Cymin Sawamatie was born in Germany to Iranian parents, and that mix of cultures informs...

My grandfather was one of the biggest influences on my life, both in making me...

Robert Glasper believes that improvised music can authentically incorporate hip hop rhythms — and he...

The Industrial Jazz Group is a 15-ish-piece large ensemble that plays the inventive, challenging and...

Virginia-born saxophonist Darius Jones wants to tell his story, and he’s chosen as his vehicle...

Guitarist Joe Morris has spent three decades finding ways to contribute to the language of...

The Fay Victor Ensemble’s The FreeSong Suite (Greene Avenue, 2009) is a tour de force...

Guitarist Julian Lage was playing gigs when he was 5 years old. By age 7,...

Composer and bandleader Dave Rivello is a man on a mission. For nearly two decades,...