Jazz – Page 60

Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz

We’ve done a lot of listening back. So where is jazz today? Writers and musicians including Sonny Rollins, Melanie Charles and Terri Lyne Carrington share their favorites from this millennium.

By Giovanni Russonello

Rosalía Issues an English Request, and 9 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Fever Ray, Chloë, Cécile McLorin Salvant and others.

By Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz

Benjamin, Lakecia Content Type: Personal Profile Jazz Phoenix (Album)

A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise

In 2020, she released a lauded album exploring the Coltranes’ music. The next year, she broke her jaw in a crash and turned the harrowing experience into inspiration for a new LP, “Phoenix.”

By Marcus J. Moore

Billy Harper Content Type: Personal Profile Jazz Saxophones

At 80, the Saxophonist Billy Harper Is Still a Towering Force

He spent years playing with Art Blakey, Lee Morgan and Max Roach, earning praise for his sax’s piercing cry. He’s still composing and turning heads live.

By Richard Scheinin