| “Put Some Value On What’s Valuable:” Help The Legendary L.A. Jazz Hub The World Stage Survive | June 13, 2020 |
In the wake of the financial duress caused by Covid-19, Sam Ribakoff writes about you can help keep the legendary Leimert Park jazz venue alive
| “Leimert Park is the Fountain of Youth:” An Interview with Jamael Dean | February 27, 2020 |
A conversation with the Los Angeles musician roots in Leimert Park, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, and being a part of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra.
| Music as Counterargument: BBE collects untraceable Japanese jazz | October 15, 2019 |
Jordan Ryan Pedersen surveys the not latest but maybe greatest of Japanese jazz.
Alex Dwyer breaks down the next crop of LA jazz stalwarts.
| Kamasi Washington and A.G. Rojas’ Lower-Case “Truth” | April 17, 2017 |
Alex Dwyer takes a look at "Truth," Kamasi Washington's first track since 'The Epic.'
Chris Daly takes a look at the new Nels Cline record, your perfect Sunday morning album.
Will Schube takes a look at the new Dave Harrington album, Become Alive.
Sean McCaul teams up with Underwater Peoples subsidiary Sawyer.Gallery to release his excellent Jazz debut.
| Jazzy Joe Cocker: Robert Glasper’s Covered | April 26, 2016 |
The new album from Robert Glasper is a great collection of Jazz leaning takes on pop music.
| A Jazz Thing: Otis Brown III feat Gretchen Parlato “You’re Still The One” | September 26, 2014 |
So you’re Chris Daly? That don’t impress me much You probably never imagined that we’d be sharing a Shania Twain cover with you, but you probably never thought drummer extraordinaire, Otis Brown III, would bother covering it for his upcoming Revive/Blue Note solo debut, The Thought of You, due to drop Sept. 23, either. If Brother […]
