Jazz archive
Listen Manu Katche's New Album Drops The 'Sledgehammer'
October 28, 2012 – The French drummer, who worked on Peter Gabriel's So, is a composer in his own right.
Read The Lead Sheet: Top 5 Jazz Stories This Week
October 26, 2012 – The making of ELEW, another "jazz is dead" hit, and Chicago music history both recent and aged.
Listen George Cables: A Heartfelt Tribute To His 'Muse'
October 26, 2012 – Critic Kevin Whitehead says My Muse is so unassumingly good, you could miss just how good it is.
Listen Lewis Nash Quintet, Kurt Elling On JazzSet
October 25, 2012 – Back-to-back, hear the innovative drummer and nine-time Grammy-winning vocalist perform at Newport.
Listen A Charles Mingus Anecdote That Has Nothing To Do With Breasts
October 24, 2012 – On a great bassist and composer, and why a serious gig in 1961 was called a "titty."
Read 'Treme,' Ep. 26: That's What Buddy Bolden Said WBGO
October 22, 2012 – A recap of the Christmas episode's music, featuring Joe Krown, Tom McDermott and Jonathan Batiste. WBGO
Read First Listen: Charles Mingus, 'The Jazz Workshop Concerts, 1964-65'
October 21, 2012 – A box set of live recordings, some previously unreleased, shows a jazz great turning life into art.
Watch Saxophonist David S. Ware, A 'One-Of-A-Kind' Improviser, Dies
October 19, 2012 – With a powerful vision for free improvisation, he won acclaim from both jazz communities and beyond.
Read For The Love Of James Moody: Five Tributes WBGO
October 19, 2012 – Many of Moody's former colleagues line up to play for "the most beloved jazz musician in the world." WBGO
Listen Elina Duni: Love, Lust And Albanian Folk Songs
October 19, 2012 – On Matane Malit, the group lays expansive instrumentation over traditional Albanian folk melodies.
Listen Eubie Blake On Piano Jazz
October 19, 2012 – The last-known original ragtime pianist appeared on Piano Jazz in 1980. Hear the archival session.
Listen John Ellis, Darcy James Argue On JazzSet WBGO
October 18, 2012 – Intense, forward-looking music for dancing and dreaming, recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival. WBGO
Watch Chihiro Yamanaka Trio: Live In Concert WBGO
October 18, 2012 – The pianist's imaginative virtuosity is beginning to translate to stateside jazz success. WBGO
Listen Philip Dizack: What You Learn When You're Older WBGO
October 16, 2012 – A lot can happen in six years, as the young trumpeter documents on his new album, End of an Era. WBGO
Read 'Treme,' Ep. 25: Sugar Boy's Salute WBGO
October 15, 2012 – A recap of this week's music, featuring Shannon Powell, Marcia Ball and "Sugar Boy" Crawford. WBGO