“I’m known in the jazz world as this burning tenor saxophone player,” says Sam Dillon — and this reputation has brought him far and wide. Dillon will be performing with London-based musicians Mátyás Gayer (piano), Mátyás Hofecker (bass) and Mark [...]
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 [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with saxophonist and composer Ben Wendel. His new live album, Understory: Live at the Village Vanguard, released 4 October via Edition Records, features pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with trumpeter, composer, and arranger David Weiss. His sextet – consisting of alto saxophonist Myron Walden, tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, pianist David Bryant, bassist Eric Wheeler, and drummer E.J. Strickland – released [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with saxophonist and composer Caroline Davis. Her new album, Portals, Volume 2 : Returning – released 20 September via Intakt Records – features her quintet in trumpeter Marquis Hill, pianist Julian Shore, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
