JazzTimes Magazine

Sweeps Week: Top May Jazz Releases, Monday Mix Edition. New music from Michael Blake, Alexander Hawkins, Virginia MacDonald, Chris Potter and Harry Skoler. jazztimes.com/reviews/albums…

The Rarest Miles Davis: “Circle,” Played Once, and Never Again. A reflection for the occasion of Miles Davis’s centennial by David R. Adler. jazztimes.com/blog/the-rares…

How Black Music Took Over the World: A Response from Melvin Gibbs. jazztimes.com/blog/how-black…

Jeff Parker on the ETA IVTet’s New Live Document(s), Happy Today. The veteran guitarist muses on his process and his connection with LA compatriots Josh Johnson, Anna Butterss and Jay Bellerose. A.D. Amorosi conducts our JazzTimes Q&A. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Tyshawn Sorey Piano Concerto “For Marilyn Crispell,” Featuring Aaron Diehl, Has Its Philly-Hosted World Premiere. A.D. Amorosi has our review. jazztimes.com/reviews/live/t…

Concert Review: Brad Mehldau Trio at the Ridgefield Playhouse, CT. jazztimes.com/reviews/live/c…

Book Review by Allen Lowe: Melvin Gibbs’s How Black Music Took Over the World. jazztimes.com/reviews/books/…

Personal History and Holy Existence in Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet. A.D. Amorosi speaks to the tenor titan about legacy, "embrace," and the collective quest for the "music within the music." jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Three from the Third Stream: Unheralded Classical Works of Jazz Masters Gary Burton, Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett. David R. Adler looks at these overlooked ECM titles in historical context. jazztimes.com/reviews/albums…

Connecting the Dots: Choreographer Buddy Bradley and the Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance. A.D. Amorosi on a new book by Maureen Footer. [Buddy Bradley with George Balanchine, © Illustrated London News Ltd. Photo credit: Mary Evans] jazztimes.com/reviews/books/…

Guitarist Denny Walley Gets Bongo Fury-ous Recalling Collaborations with Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart. A.D. Amorosi reports on that — and the new Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Small Forms, Deep Currents: Yvonne Rogers and the Art of Intimate Composition. An emerging pianist goes solo on her first Pyroclastic Records release. Jordannah Elizabeth Graham-Mayer has our story. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

No Place Like Home: Herbie Hancock Hosts International Jazz Day in His Native Chicago. John Murph was in attendance and has our report. jazztimes.com/reviews/live/n…

Tonight, May 8!! Complimentary Livestream: ARTEMIS at The Gilmore, 7:30pm ET. jazztimes.com/blog/complimen…

Brian Landrus Communes with Low-Woodwind Spirits on a Grooving, Elegant New Release. Talking with the doctor of baritone sax, bass clarinet, bass flute and more. Andrew Hamlin has our story. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

The Book of Nolatet: New Orleans Jazz Vets Continue to Mix it Up. JazzTimes contributor Philip Booth on the first live album from Johnny Vidacovich, James Singleton, Brian Haas and Mike Dillon. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Thurston Moore and Bonner Kramer Play Like Angels to Honor the Children of Gaza. A.D. Amorosi talks to the experimentalists and onetime Downtown New York habitués about their new duo release They Came Like Swallows (Silver Current Records). jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Catherine Russell Sings the 78s: Hot Club Jazz, Classic Blues from Way Back. The daughter of major early jazz bandleader Luis Russell continues making the music her own. Bob Weinberg has our story. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Coming up this Friday, May 8! ARTEMIS, live-streaming from The Gilmore in lovely Kalamazoo, Michigan! Complimentary viewing at JazzTimes.com, 7:30pm ET.

Overdue Ovation: The Boundary-Crossing Work of Saxophonist, Clarinetist and Shakuhachi Sojourner Ned Rothenberg. By JazzTimes contributor Tom Greenland.