Jazz archive

Watch Cannonball Adderley: 5 Songs From A Joyous Soul Jazz24
September 15, 2012 – With a sweetly ferocious style, the alto saxophonist bridged decades of expression. Jazz24

Read Around The Jazz Internet: Sept. 14, 2012
September 14, 2012 – Adele's pianist, women in the avant-garde, Indiana jazz history and the 50 greatest saxophonists.

Listen Mimi Fox On Piano Jazz
September 14, 2012 – With an amazing set of chops and a pure tone, Fox cooks in a session with Marian McPartland.

Read A Piece Of Technology That Makes Listening To Jazz Better
September 14, 2012 – The new Spotify app from Blue Note makes sense of the data jumble in which fans lose themselves.

Read You Will Be Shot: Five Ways Jazz Can Be Punk KMHD
September 10, 2012 – As these songs show, the spirit of adventure has been a part of both genres' musical trajectories. KMHD

Read Around The Jazz Internet: Sept. 7, 2012
September 7, 2012 – An Ornette Coleman documentary restored, plus the freewheeling Tim Berne and Herbie's Mwandishi.

Listen Stephane Grappelli On Piano Jazz
September 7, 2012 – Hear a performance by one of the jazz world's greatest violinists on occasion of his centennial.

Listen Branford Marsalis Quartet On JazzSet WBGO
September 6, 2012 – Hear the first host of JazzSet bring his long-running quartet to the Napa Valley Opera House. WBGO

Watch Karrin Allyson: Swinging Jazz Standards Jazz24
September 6, 2012 – Watch the jazz singer run through "I Want to Be Happy" and "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" at KPLU. Jazz24

Listen Matt Wilson's Arts And Crafts: Live At The Village Vanguard WBGO
September 5, 2012 – A colorful drummer who proudly deploys his goofy joy, Wilson leads a long-running band in concert. WBGO

Listen The Strange Story Of The Man Behind 'Strange Fruit'
September 5, 2012 – Years later, the writer of the iconic Billie Holiday song was tied to another event in U.S. history.

Read The Drummer Who Blows Bubbles At Gigs
September 4, 2012 – Wilson's Arts and Crafts band has adapted to its leader's "slightly warped wavelength."

Listen Antibalas On World Cafe WXPN
September 4, 2012 – The rhythm-intensive Afrobeat ensemble is back with its first album in nearly five years. WXPN

Listen Miguel Zenon And Laurent Coq Play 'Hopscotch'
September 3, 2012 – Kevin Whitehead says Rayuela is breezy, romantic and occasionally reminiscent of a disturbing dream.
Read A Work Song For Labor Day
September 3, 2012 – A Nat Adderley melody, its economical brilliance and what it means to have the blues.