Jazz

​The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde to Cover Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, the Kinks on New Jazz Album

PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2019

The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde has announced plans for a new album of covers, recorded with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble. Titled Valve Bone...

Roy Ayers Recovering After Being Hospitalized Ahead of Portland Performance

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2019

Roy Ayers is recovering with family after being rushed to hospital over the weekend ahead of a festival performance in Portland. As report...

Kamasi Washington and Herbie Hancock Plot Co-Headlining Tour

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2019

Kamasi Washington has already lined up a number of festival dates for this spring and summer. Now, the sax man has now announced plans for...

John Coltrane

Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2019

Reissue packages featuring jazz greats like John Coltrane are, if nothing else, an opportunity to celebrate some of the 20th century's genu...

The Roots to Headline Vancouver Jazz Fest

PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2019

While summer festival season may still feel far away, the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival has revealed its 2019 headliner — the Ro...

Piero Piccioni's '3 Notti d'Amore' Gets Expanded Vinyl Reissue via Four Flies

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2019

As multiple reissues have proven in recent years, late-great Italian film composer Piero Piccioni left behind a treasure trove brimming wit...

The Cosmic Range

The Gratitude Principle

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2019

Before you even get to The Gratitude Principle, the second full-length album from Matthew "Doc" Dunn's intergalactic collective, the Cosmic...

Daniel Carter / Tobias Wilner / Djibril Toure / Federico Ughi

New York United

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2019

There is more than a passing nod, on this release, to the experiments in free jazz/electronic/hip-hop fusion conducted by Matthew Shipp on...