The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist and composer Gonzalo Rubalcaba. His new album, First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club, a collaboration with saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Eric Harland, was released [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with flautist, composer, and bandleader Elsa Nilsson. She’s a member of Esthesis Quartet – alongside pianist Dawn Clement, bassist Emma Dayhuff, and drummer Tina Raymond – whose new album, Sound & Fury, [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with harpist, composer, and bandleader Brandee Younger. Her new album, Gadabout Season, featuring bassist-producer Rashaan Carter and drummer Allan Mednard, as well as guests Shabaka, Courtney Bryan, Niia, and Josh Johnson, was [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Chilean vocalist, guitarist, and composer Camila Meza. Her new album, Portal, released 30 May via GroundUp Music, features the core band of pianist and co-producer Shai Maestro, drummer Ofri [...]
Morgan Enos, who writes the regular Mondays with Morgan column for us, grew up in Southern California. Here is his personal tribute to Brian Wilson: Professionally writing about jazz over the past five or six years has been a clinic [...]
The following is an interview with arranger and bandleader Mark Masters. His ensemble’s new albums, Sam Rivers 100 and Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance!, pay homage to two singular tenor saxophonists and composers: Sam Rivers and Billy Harper. Links to Masters’ [...]
The following is an interview with Russian-born, New York-based jazz vocalist, bandleader, songwriter, and educator Svetlana. Her new EP, Reel to Remix: Night at the Movies Reimagined – a reimagining of her 2019 album Night at the Movies – was [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist, composer, arranger, educator, and lecturer Eric Scott Reed. His new album, Out Late, featuring trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’ review of the U.S. premiere of Carla Bley’s Escalator Over the Hill, at the New School in New York City, on May 2. Despite the event being more than a half-century in the [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist/composer Shai Maestro. His new album, Solo: Miniatures & Tales, was released 2 May via naïve records. Links to stream the album and to Maestro’s website can be found [...]
