The hot music topic in Los Angeles last week was the cool jazz of a gaunt, hungry-looking young (25) fellow named Gerry Mulligan, who plays the baritone saxophone. For the past three months, ...

Pete Seeger was a man of many passions and principles. While the late folk-music icon was perhaps best known for the populist messages in his now canonical music, one of his core beliefs was that ...

This is FRESH AIR. Drummer Tom Rainey is featured on two new CDs. One is by Chicago bass clarinetist Jason Stein. The other is by Rainey's own quintet, Obbligato. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says they ...

Christmas concerts have been an Aardvark Jazz Orchestra tradition for thirty years, and Bethlehem Counterpoint is the second album of music gleaned from those performances. AJO’s hallmark is the ...

Tenor sax strongman Ivo Perelman underscores the objective for this release, advising that "This combination, with viola and guitar—I've never before used this particular grouping ... I knew it would ...

Before I attended CounterPoint Music and Arts Festival last weekend, I planned to cover it with a typical news story about the performances. But this is a story of a very personal and enlightening ...