Covering a wide expanse of moods but maintaining the same airy feeling, Ken Husbands’ “Keepin’ It Going” is trio date that has a little something for most tastes of jazz wrapped into a tidy, funky little trio.

This past week, I spent perhaps too much time reading (and re-reading) a couple of bits on the Internet. The first was a series written by Questlove, entitled When the People Cheer: How Hip-Hop Failed Black America. The other was an only tangentially-related article published way back in 2003 calledRead More

It’s about more than mere individuals playing well, and this performance brings real meaning to the words “spiritual unity.”

The song unfolds as if the music is tracing behind the lyric rather than, say, the drums.

Ndegéocello has a complete command of music in its many forms – and the creativity to forge something different.

Steve Lukather goes off the beaten path, exploring some of these lesser-known tracks from Toto’s ’35th Anniversary Tour: Live In Poland.’

Much more than a drag queen, Divine was a character actor devoted to his craft.

Schon has released as many albums in the last two years as he did in all of the 2000s.

A gateway to straight jazz? No, because if you embrace this music, you’ve already gone through gates and are heading down its fascinating corridors.

Clearly, Judith Owen has read the book on making a perfect jazz/pop album.