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On The Cover:
INGRID JENSEN
(by Adam Davidson)
Vancouver-born trumpeter and educator, Ingrid Jensen, has for over 30 years become widely known and respected for her harmonically sophisticated post-bop style. Growing up with the music of pianist (and fellow Canadian) Oscar Peterson and the joyful swing that filled her childhood home, it practically seemed inevitable that she would pursue a career in jazz…
Interview:
THERESA WONG
(by Sophia Valera Heinecke)
A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow in Music Composition, cellist, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and intermedia artist—Theresa Wong has collaborated with a vast array of similarly open-minded, experimental musicians and artists over the course of her career, including Fred Frith and Ellen Fullman…
Artist Feature:
VELVET BROWN
(by Andrew Schinder)
Elephantine. Lugubrious. Lumbering. Such are the hackneyed descriptors of the tuba, the instrument too often pigeonholed and relegated to the back of the marching band…
Encore:
PEGGY STERN
(by Thomas Staudter)
Peggy Stern is among the subset of select luminaries and ardent practitioners of America’s great “musical idiom” (à la Duke Ellington) whose efforts in widening opportunities for other women jazz artists should be rightfully celebrated…
Lest We Forget:
MELBA LISTON
(by Marilyn Lester)
The famous Chairman, Mao Zedong dictum, “women hold up half the sky,” has certainly been a hard job for women in jazz. But some were “lucky”: strength, fierce persistence and talent paid off. Such a one was Melba Doretta Liston (1926-1999)…
VOXNews
(by Tessa Souter)
Jazz Herstory….
March is International Women’s History Month, a time to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions women have made throughout history. Arguably nowhere is this more important than in jazz…
Label Spotlight:
QUEEN BEE
(by Ken Waxman)
When it comes to releasing music, there are major labels with varied catalogs and almost no creative music; mid-sized labels with large catalogs of cutting-edge sounds and middling distribution; and micro labels with small numbers of carefully-curated releases and limited reach…
NY@Night
Album Reviews
In Print, On Screen, Boxed Set, Drop The Needle Reviews, Globe Unity…
