Sound forms the basis of everything that follows. For musicians, there is no greater truth. And for alto saxophonists specifically, that gospel, and the difficult trials it presents, is magnified to ...

Few musicians have leapt the chasm between thrash metal and jazz with the audacity and grace of Alex Skolnick. Having made his name with Bay Area thrashers Testament in their Big Four-era ascent, ...

Alkaline Trio‘s founding guitarist Matt Skiba is done with his side hustle in Blink-182, and the pop-punk trio also has a new drummer in Atom Willard. So yes, bassist Dan Andriano says, the tour that ...

The Last Question is the second album from Nugara, an Italian band comprising pianist Francesco Negri, bassist Viden Spassov and drummer Francesco V. Parsi. Conceived as a concept album, the title is ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Alex Skolnick has never been content to stay in a single lane. The longtime Testament guitarist and shape-shifting improviser returns to Cleveland this fall with the Alex Skolnick ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Pianist and producer Kiefer – known for his blend of beat-making and virtuosic ...

Andrew Bird has announced a new album with the Andrew Bird Trio (also featuring Ted Poor on drums and Alan Hampton on bass), a jazz covers album entitled Sunday Morning Put-On. He’s also shared its ...

Kit MacFarlane does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt were three of the most gifted singers of the '60s and '70s, and in the '80s, these three women combined their powers when they formed a supergroup, ...

Each player in this trio addresses the beat in a spontaneous way, without constant chaos. A casual romp like this session makes for breezy listening. This is FRESH AIR. African American composer and ...

This week it’s time for the Best Jazz Albums of 2023, or maybe more precisely, the jazz albums I enjoyed the most and played the most over the last 12 months. Counter to some of the trends in the ...