Jazz

Joss Stone

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 26

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2017

This year's edition of the Toronto Jazz Festival eagerly billed Joss Stone thusly: "Before Adele, before Jessie J, before Amy, before Flore...

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Diaspora

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2017

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is aiming high this year. New Orleans' best young trumpeter has three albums planned to commemorate the 100th...

Arve Henriksen

Towards Language

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2017

Arve Henriksen has produced extraordinary work over the years. The Norwegian trumpeter first came to prominence as a member of Supersilent,...

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2017

Indie giant Concord Music Group has launched a re-issue offshoot under the Craft Recordings moniker. Based in L.A., the new venture gets ro...

Thundercat

Fort York, Toronto ON, June 4

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2017

Bassist virtuoso Thundercat's Sunday (June 4) evening set was a highlight of the weekend-long Field Trip festival, though his time slot had...

Various Artists

Zaire 74 – The African Performers

PUBLISHED May 31, 2017

One of the more unsung music festivals of the era, Zaire 74 was the brainchild of African music legend Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart L...

Michael K. Williams Says He's Playing Miles Davis in an Upcoming Biopic

PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2017

The life of Miles Davis was explored in last year's experimental Miles Ahead, but that won't be the last word on the late jazz great. Davis...

Ronald Bruner Jr.

Triumph

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2017

It's a shame there's no music industry equivalent to the academic practice of adding letters behind one's name to signify learned experienc...