The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and trumpeters Nick Smart and John Daversa. The pair produced Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores, a Royal Academy of Music- and Frost School of Music-led project dubbed Kenny [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and baritone saxophonist, composer, and arranger Ryan Middagh. Tenor Madness, his new album with the Ryan Middagh Orchestra, will be released 10 January via Ear Up Records. The album features [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with pianist and composer Renee Rosnes. Her latest album, Crossing Paths, was released 6 December via Smoke Sessions Records. Crossing Paths features saxophonist Chris Potter, trombonist Steve Davis, bassist John Patitucci, and [...]
Full Cream – an album between Greg Ward on alto saxophone and Moog; Leo Genovese on Hammond B-3, piano, and synths; Matthew Stevens on guitar and electric bass; and Ziv Ravitz on drums – was released 1 November via Ward’s [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s recap of pianist, composer, and conductor Arturo O’Farrill’s performance entitled Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley, which took place on 14 December at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo, Brooklyn. O’Farrill was joined by his Afro [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with pianist, composer, and arranger Bill O’Connell. His new album, Touch – to be released 17 January via Jojo Records – features bassist Santi Debriano and drummer Billy Hart. Links to purchase [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with singer April May Webb, winner of the 13th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. The so-called SASSY Awards took place on 24 November, and Webb won out against Syndee Winters [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade. Three Visitors – their new album alongside pianist Edward Simon, featuring guests Becca Stevens, Chris Potter, Jana Dagdagan and Rogério Boccato – was released [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator Isaiah Collier. Collier’s second album of 2024, The World is On Fire, was released on 18 October. Like its immediate predecessor, The Almighty, The World is [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with multi-Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Brian Lynch. His new album, 7x7by7 – featuring tenor saxophonist Craig Handy, guitarist Alex Wintz, pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Boris Kozlov, drummer Kyle Swan, and percussionist Murph [...]
