Tag: Blue Note Records
New In Music This Week: June 2nd
Lincoln Center Theatre's revival of "Camelot" is our Top Pick
A Casual Conversation with Walter Smith III
"There is the part where you're dispensing knowledge to people, but there's the part where you actually inspire them to do something."
Pianist Gerald Clayton Is In a Intimate Mood
"Just serve the art, serve the music as best as you can, as honestly as you can, as diligently and thoughtfully and thoroughly as possible, and let the rest take care of itself."
Jazz Musician Ethan Iverson: New Ways of Combining Old Things
"I don't think it's going to be better than John Coltrane, frankly. My generation, we're not going to quite get to what that is. So what we have to do is figure out things to add to it, to make something a little different."
Makaya McCraven Offers a Dose of Something Real
"There has been a framing of jazz in a way for sometime where like it's not for young people. It's not cool. I always want to push back on that one."
On the Road with Arturo O’Farrill
"You can make music to placate, you can make music to monetize, or you can make music because you're curious about how this sounds or that works. When you do that there are people who are adventurous who will go with you on that adventure."
Jazz Stream: September 15th – September 20th
Legendary artists and newer artists share this week's line-up
Immanuel Wilkins From Alpha to Omega
"As artists it's our job to document the times... and comment on it. I hope this record sounds like a soundtrack for 2020 in a way."
