Picking up where 2024's Stanco's Time left off, trumpeter Anthony Stanco's third album resides in the gritty, soulful world of hard bop. Captured live at Traverse City's The Alluvion—a space brimming ...

It would be unusual to hear vibraphonist Cal Tjader mentioned alongside the all-time greats on his instrument. He is not remembered for being a fearless improviser like Bobby Hutcherson, or as deeply ...

The festival ranged from the vocals of Cécile McLorin Salvant and Diana Krall to the explosive sounds of Kamasi Washington ...

When soul jazz was born in the late 1950s/early 1960s, it provided a pathway for the funky, window-rattling grooves of contemporary soul and R&B to infuse the muscular hard bop of the day. For the ...