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Interview with Billy Hector: Funky Rockin’ Blues: Photos, New video 2018

Thomas Heflin has been hailed as “a fluent trumpeter with a bright tone and a forward-looking style”: Video

Scott Wendholt’s worked with Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bob Mintzer, the Maria Schneider Orchestra ... Video

Brad Clements and his trumpet have traveled the globe, from South America, to Europe, to Japan: Video

Guilherme Monteiro was playing and recording with some of the most respected musicians in town, such as Kenny Werner, Ron Carter and Grady Tate: Video

Interview with Carlos Averhoff, Jr.: Music has not barriers, it is full of intellect, emotions, and tradition: Videos

Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth 2CDs 2018: Free download, CD review and Video

Bill Charlap on the Jazz in July Series: Six-concert jazz series at the 92nd Street Y in New York City: Video

Les Lieber, ‘Jazz at Noon’ Founder, dies at 106: Video

Interview with Lao Tizer: For me, soul comes first: Video

Tom Arthurs situates itself between large scale commissions for orchestra and beyond: Video

Colin Hinton is an active member of Brooklyn’s creative music community: Video

Nina Simone’s childhood home to be preserved: Photos, Video

Robert Glasper leads R+R=NOW for stormy Celebrate Brooklyn blow-out: Photos, Video

Boogie at the Bandstand Love Supreme festival 2018: Photos, Video

Interview with Rod Harris Jr.: I feel that much of today’s jazz is unfortunately more intellect and less soul: Video

Theo Croker: I’ve always tried to find my own way: Video

Knoel Scott's the son of Brooks and Kathaniel Walker Scott

Brian Bromberg - Thicker Than Water 2018: Free download, CD review & Video

Interview with Mafalda Minnozzi: The music wiil always be able to have the force to open the hearts of the people: Video

Chico Freeman heralded as one of the most important saxophonists of our time: Video

Melvin Jones possesses a stylistic philosophy, an almost hypnotic sound: Video

Cannonball Adderley on Kung Fu: Videos

A fun night in beautiful Paris at jazz cafe Montparnasse: Video

Live review, Photo report: Montréal jazz festival: Lionel Loueke, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Zakir Hussain, Herbie Hancock, Brian Blade: Video

Interview with Timo Vollbrecht: Music is an embodied activity and experience: Video

Anton Schwartz approaches jazz as a vehicle for reaching the heart and the head: Video

Cal Tjader crafted one the sleekest and most distinctive sounds in Latin jazz: Video

Live review: Athens Aqua jazz festival 2018: Videos

The Django Festival this year featuring George Benson, renowned gypsy player Bireli Lagrene and a roster of professional bands: Videos, Photos

Al Di Meola gets honorary Berklee doctorate: Video

For Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado, improvisation isn’t only a process of making music: Video

Interview with Michael Fields Jr.: I play what I feel which comes from my soul: Videos

Philly Joe Jones was on many Blue Note recordings and was virtually house drummer for the Blue Note, Riverside, and Prestige record labels: Video

Interview with John Bailey: For me, and I would imagine most folks, love is the most meaningful experience in life: Video

Larry Fuller is a world-class pianist rooted in the hard-swinging tradition of mainstream jazz: Video

Interview with Carolyn Gaines: Keep The Blues Alive: Video, Photos

Interview with Sheldon Zandboer: Music’s longevity is not determined by the mind but by the soul: Video

Bruno Raberg is an internationally renowned bass player and composer: Video

Albert Ayler's music was moving into the free jazz genre but with his own unique style: Video

Joshua Redman - Still Dreaming 2018: Free download & Video

Live review and Photo report from Istanbul jazz festival 2018: Video

2019 NEA jazz masters announced: Photos

Still Dreaming and Dr. Lonnie Smith At Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland: Video

Paul Gonsalves was at heart an introspective balladeer: Video

Chuck Loeb was proud to be known as a "man of the Renaissance" in the world of music: Video

Interview with Emmanuel Waldron: Jazz is the universal language of the world: Video

Interview with Giovanni Benvenuti: My love for jazz and my love for classic European music: Video

Tomasz Stanko explored many approaches to improvisation: New video 2018

Impressive would, indeed, sum up Kirk Whalum’s career, but if you asked him, he would simply say, “it’s grace”: Video

New Stars in Coltrane’s ‘Interstellar Space’: Video

Roy Haynes still walks tall in the world of jazz: New video 2018

Ibrahim Maalouf: I’m no jazz man: New video 2018

Interview with Marty Elkins: The soul comes with getting inside the song and conveying the feeling: Video

Lee Morgan was a jazz prodigy: Video

Béla Fleck the premiere banjo player in the world: Video

Interview with Nathan Daems: That depends the situation. At home it's a bit more intellectual: Video

Stanton Moore has become known as one of the premier funk musicians of his generation: Full drum lesson video

Elias Haslanger has carved a unique and distinguished place in jazz history: Video

Bobby Valentin: Mind of a Master will provide a revelatory introduction to his sophisticated Latin-jazz: Videos, Photos

Live review: Ljubljana international jazz festival 2018: Video, Photos

Ornette Coleman - The Atlantic Years (Remastered) 10 CDs 2018: Free download & Video

His interest in jazz peaked when he heard a recording of John Coltrane's Giant Steps: Video

Kendrick Scott one of a select few: Video

Interview with Bob Mintzer: Music must come from the heart ... Video, Photos

Interview with Scott Reeves: Lead with your soul, use your intellect to deal with the mechanics: Video

Joe Zawinul is deservedly renowned for his pioneering role in the Jazz world combining the elements of world music rock and jazz: Video

Hank Mobley was part of a brilliant innovation: Video

Concerts during the first four days of this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival: Video

Exploring footage of great jazz guitarists: Videos

Trombonist Bill Watrous dies at 79: Video

Interview with Dafnis Prieto: Music is full of intellectual ideas, spiritual nuances, and emotional feelings: Live full concert video

Ken Watters is moving in a different direction than anyone (even Ken) expected ... Video

Sebastien Paindestre composed jazz themes drawing his inspiration from life or from jazz standards: Video

Wynton Marsalis Quartet open up to the spirit of Ornette at Barbican: Video, Photos

Pharoah's Prophecies Pave Way For New Wave Of Spiritual Sentinels At This Year's Love Supreme: Photos, Video

Pharoah's Prophecies Pave Way For New Wave Of Spiritual Sentinels At This Year's Love Supreme: Photos, Video

Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas step up with Sound Prints at the Village vanguard: Videos, Photos

Interview with Dave Tull: Music is and always has been at the very center of my existence: Video

Brian O’Neal has a keen natural ability to create musical landmarks: Video

Derrick Hodge considers himself a product of a hotbed of talent from the greater Philadelphia region which had a thriving Gospel, Jazz ... New video 2018

Sands grew up listening to some of Erroll Garner’s music and gleaned wisdom from such jazz elders as Dave Brubeck ... Video

Bob James trio at Nighttown: Like he had done throughout the set: Video

Zakir Hussain, Chris Potter, Dave Holland at Istanbul international Jazz festival 2018: Video

Interview with Daniel Manrique-Smith: Maybe the balance between conscious and unconscious playing: Videos

Joel Bowers is unique among young saxophonists in that he has a very strong interest in older styles of jazz: Video

Mike Mainieri has created and contributed to countless, visionary artistic endeavors: Video

Bill Frisell: “These are all my teachers up here”. It was an ethos that descended from Frisell: Video, Photos

Three Jazz Artists Win 2018 Doris Duke Awards: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Regina Carter, Stefon Harris: Video

Tower Of Power – Soul Side Of Town 2018: Free download, CD review & Video

Interview with Keeshea Pratt: (We) Believe (Her): Photos, New video 2018

Melissa Walker has won kudos in continents, working with such hallowed talents as Hank Jones, Gary Bartz, and Kenny Barron ... Video

Dr. Lonnie Smith - An authentic master and guru of the Hammond B-3 organ for over five decades: New video 2018

This was magic !!! Saratoga jazz festival 2018: Photos, Videos

Larry Carlton - Room 335 - 2018: Free download, CD review & Video

Sonny Stitt's prestige ballads in 1982: Videos

Interview with Magnus Thuelund: Spirit or meaning of life ... I do not know: Video

Ameen Saleem: I'm a chill, laid back person until I get a bass in my hand ... New video 2018

Ahmad Jamal has continued to record his outstanding original arrangements of such standards: Video

John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album 2018: Free download & Video