The New York Times – Music:
As a versatile member of the loose association of musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, he was heard on many of the biggest pop and rock hits of the 1960s and ’70s.
Category: Jazz
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Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington
The New York Times – Music:
We asked jazz musicians, writers and others to tell us what moves them. Listen to their choices.
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Beyoncé’s Anthem for the Unique, and 10 More New Songs
The New York Times – Music:
Hear tracks by Rosalía, Brian Eno, Robert Glasper and others.
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Michael Henderson, Funk Bassist Turned Crooner, Dies at 71
The New York Times – Music:
He was a sideman with Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis before embarking on a successful second career as a singer of soulful, romantic ballads.
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Plotting the Future of the Most Storied Studio in Jazz
The New York Times – Music:
The New Jersey recording space built in 1959 by Rudy Van Gelder is filled with history. Can it regain its glory without getting stuck in the past?
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Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later
The New York Times – Music:
The group that started at Antioch College in Ohio went to Africa and returned “transformed,” one of its members said. A new boxed set collects its little-heard albums from the 1970s.
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The 1975’s Chamber-Pop Confessions, and 8 More New Songs
The New York Times – Music:
Hear new tracks from Alvvays, Tyshawn Sorey, Killer Mike and others.
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Girls Are Outnumbered in Jazz. At This Summer Camp, They Run the Show.
The New York Times – Music:
Jazz Camp for Girls, a four-day program in Denmark, has expanded to Finland, Poland and Sweden this year, giving young musicians a space to play music and build friendships.