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The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with alto saxophonist, composer, and arranger Alden Hellmuth. Her new album, Good Intentions, featuring guitarist Lucas Kadish, trumpeter Josh Evans, bassist Kanoa Mendenhall, and drummer Timothy Angulo, was released 6 September via [...]

Sunny Jain’s music is a celebration of cultural diaspora, taking inspiration from the scores of Bollywood classics and Spaghetti Westerns, Indian folk traditions, and improvisation. The result? A heady fusion of jazz, rock, and sheer, unbridled energy. A drummer and [...]

Hudson Hall almost wasn’t here. The arts organisation and venue is housed at the historic Hudson Opera House, constructed in 1855, initially as Hudson’s city hall. In 1975, the last cement plant shipped out of town and neglect staked its [...]

Sarah Weller is the Head of Music at Ronnie Scott’s Club in London.There are few positions in the UK music industry to equal the authority of her position at one of the leading jazz clubs of Europe. With a multi-faceted [...]

I was probably only a toddler when I first heard Nelson Riddle. My Grandfather would have Sinatra/Fitzgerald records playing all the time, but it wasn’t until my late teens that I knew him by name. My housemate at music college [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Ropeadope’s CEO, Louis Marks, and president, Fabian Brown. The pair are ringing in the anniversary of this multifarious label with a scrolling multimedia documentary, a series of panel discussions, [...]

For more than two decades pianist Liam Noble has been a key figure on the vibrant British Jazz scene, both as a sideman and leader. He has collaborated with musicians including Dave Liebman, Tim Berne, Tom Herbert and Seb Rochford. [...]

The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and producer Simon Moullier. His new album Elements of Light, released 20 September, features his quartet – pianist Lex Korten, bassist Rick Rosato, and drummer Jongkuk “JK” Kim [...]

Cat Henry is a British-American creative producer specializing in the visioning and planning of concerts, tours, and public programs. Curator of jazz programs for Hudson Hall, she previously curated concerts for MoMA Summergarden: New Music for New York, from 2005-2015, [...]

The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’ interview with trumpeter, composer and bandleader Marquis Hill. Hill’s new album, Composers Collective: Beyond the Jukebox, was released 30 August. It features Hill’s core quintet: vibraphonist Joel Ross; pianist Michael King; bassist Junius [...]

Ulysses Owens Jr. is a drummer, educator and producer. As a bandleader, he has performed internationally and recorded albums with big bands and smaller ensembles. His most recent album, “A New Beat”, features his Generation Y quintet and is modelled [...]

The following is a review of revered bassist Dave Holland’s debut as a leader at Smoke Jazz Club in New York City. His “New Quartet” featured alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, pianist Kris Davis, and drummer Nasheet Waits. “They’re all musicians [...]

Lisa Buck is an artist manager, an artistic director and a key figure in the dynamic jazz community in Calgary, Canada. She started the successful house-concert series “BuckingJam Palace” where world-class jazz musicians quietly appear in Calgary one night a [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and trumpeter, composer, arranger, and vocalist Danny Jonokuchi. His new big band album, A Decade, was released 23 August via Bandstand Presents. Varying track by track, A Decade’s big band [...]

Cuban-American pianist/composer Fabian Almazan found his musical roots as a child in Havana. Cuba was where he first became involved in the classical piano tradition. As a performer, he has developed a personal voice through the electric manipulation of the [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and trombonist Michael Dease. His new album, Grove’s Groove – a tribute to Roy Hargrove – is out 23 August via Le Coq Records.  The nine-song collection features Dease on baritone sax instead of trumpet, [...]

“Mothers In Jazz” reached its hundredth interview in early July. The 100th was with Dee Dee Bridgewater, the 99th was with Norma Winstone, and the 98th was with the creator of the series, Nicky Schrire. The series returns from a [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist Bill Charlap, whose new trio album And Then Again, with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, was recorded at New York’s Village Vanguard and released 16 August [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and drummer and composer Jonathan Barber. His new album with Vision Ahead, In Motion, released 2 August, features tenor saxophonist Matt Knoegel, guitarist Andrew Renfroe, pianist Taber Gable, and bassist [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and trumpeter, vocalist and songwriter Bria Skonberg. Her new album, What it Means, a tribute to New Orleans, will be released July 26 and features soprano saxophonist Aurora Nealand, tenor [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and guitarist and composer Miles Okazaki. His new album, Miniature America, released July 19 via Cygnus Recordings, features vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, pianist Matt Mitchell, alto saxophonist Caroline Davis, tenor saxophonist/flautist [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and saxophonist, composer and educator Jeff Coffin, currently in Dave Matthews Band, formerly of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. His new album, Only the Horizon, was released 19 July via [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen. Her third large ensemble release, Harbour, was released 28 June. This interview was conducted in person at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in early July. Links [...]

Morgan Enos spent the weekend at Montreal’s 44th International Jazz Festival, taking in an eclectic and exciting mix of music from a star-studded line-up. The Festival ran from 27 June – 6 July 2024. Read on for his take on [...]

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