Posted inGio Escobar Jazz Music Standing on the Corner (Music Group) Standing on the Corner Is a Music Collective That Won’t Be Pinned Down The Brooklyn group, led by Gio Escobar, has been making experimental music — and much more — since 2016. Posted by By Mike Rubin
Posted inCTI Records Deaths (Obituaries) Jazz Music Pop and Rock Music Sebesky, Don Taylor, Creed Theater Don Sebesky, Arranger Who Helped Broaden Jazz’s Audience, Dies at 85 He won Tonys for his orchestrations and Grammys for his compositions and arrangements. But he was best known for his genre-straddling work at CTI Records. Posted by By Neil Genzlinger
Posted inCarlos Henriquez Content Type: Personal Profile Hispanic-Americans Jazz Jazz at Lincoln Center The Bassist Carlos Henriquez Covers All the Latin and Jazz Bases The longtime Jazz at Lincoln Center musician leads a tribute this weekend to his mambo ancestors Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez. Posted by By Ed Morales
Posted inHancock, Herbie Jazz Music 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Herbie Hancock We asked musicians and experts, including Thundercat, Patrice Rushen and Nicole Sweeney, which Hancock song they would play for a friend. Posted by By Marcus J. Moore