Brian Blade on his Fellowship Band at 20, and ‘being led by what the music wants’
Brian Blade is perhaps best known to jazz audiences these days at the drumming dynamo that powers the Wayne...
Category: Interviews
John McLaughlin, a fusion guitar legend, is on his final tour
Some musicians hang on a bit too long, ending their careers with a slow fade. It can be painful...
Nico Segal and Julian Reid on the JuJu Exchange, Chicago’s latest fusion experiment
Trumpeter Nico Segal is probably best known for blowing hard and heavenly alongside his fellow Chicagoan Chance the Rapper....
Young bass phenom Linda May Han Oh talks about her new album, ‘Walk Against Wind’
Linda May Han Oh often describes the improvisational exchanges between herself and her bandmates—whether the members of her current...
Miles Mosley talks God, grooves and gigging with the West Coast Get Down
On “Young Lion,” the first track from his debut album Uprising, Miles Mosley announces himself to the world with...
Donny McCaslin on working with David Bowie, and playing the saxophone with open ears
I heard Donny McCaslin live for the first time this December, at the taping of his Tiny Desk Concert...
Zakir Hussain, a tabla trailblazer, still has ‘miles to go’
The last time tabla maestro Zakir Hussain took the stage in D.C., it was International Jazz Day 2016. He...
‘It’s a service:’ Bass great Stanley Clarke reflects on 40 years of ‘School Days,’ and his new place in the Smithsonian
More and more these days, you’ll find bassists at the center of what’s hip and happening in the jazz...
Cristian Perez’s Musica Mundi: Guitarist With a Global Appetite Shares His Vision
D.C. embodies the spirit of musical fusion. For decades, artists in the nation’s capital have stretched the boundaries of...
A conversation with Wayne Shorter, jazz’s patron bodhisattva
Few names in jazz, or in the music world as a whole, command as much reverence and attention as...