ARTIST PROFILES

I've always said I'm a frustrated drummer and admit the drums are one of my favorite instruments. It's why jazz drummer Jens Düppe's new...

Puerto Rican jazz band, No Base Trio is a welcomed surprise with its great jazz music. The trio consists of Jonathan Suazo on alto...

Happy New Year to all, we start the new year featuring Indie jazz pianist extraordinaire, Dave Meder who has been called one of the most...

Every once in awhile an artist comes along that peaks your curiosity and Fini Bearman is that artist. Her voice is enchanting and she is...

Many Jazz purists don't like their Jazz mixed with any other music genre. But nowadays Jazz is gaining new audiences and fans because of...

Many artists have recorded remakes of famous songs. Robert Glasper did it with his jazzy interpretation of Nirvana's, Smells Like Teen...

Babatunde Lea, aka Michael Lea from Danville, Virginia grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. He took his name from Nigerian drummer,...

Jazz is a music genre that is loved all around the world. It comes in many forms with artists mixing other music genres with Jazz to...

Aki Rissanen is an accomplished pianist from Kuopio, Finland who is classically trained but decided to go in a different direction with...

Aly Keita is well known for playing the balafon, a mirimba-like instrument that is native to West Africa. The sound is somewhat to the...

London is not the only place where jazz is having a renaissance. Cape Town, South Africa is home to a thriving community of musicians...

Josef Koumbas was born in London to a Greek Cypriot father and Irish mother. He caught the music bug early, forming his first group at...

British singer and songwriter Ego Ella May creates music infused with contemporary jazz and classic soul. She cites Stevie Wonder and...

Malaysian-born Linda May Han Oh emigrated with her parents to Australia at the age of three. Her mother was instrumental in her musical...

When musicians are members of a rich community of artists, the potential for collaboration is tremendous. Fruitful alliances are...

Ezra Collective’s pianist Joe Armon-Jones takes off a solo adventure with Starting Today. A member of Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood...

Scotland’s Colin Steele has had a difficult journey. In the early years, he played with the likes of Scottish pop duo Hue and Cry and...

Busy bandleader Shabaka Hutchings has had an interesting journey. Born in London, raised in Bardados, he returned to the UK and has...

Richmond, VA is home to Butcher Brown, a group that describes its music as garage punk jazz funk. Harkening back to the late 60s and...

Massachusetts native and jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson has been performing and recording for well over a decade. After studying at...