JazzTimes Magazine

And we're back, starting off slowly, here is a letter from our new editor, David Adler - jazztimes.com/blog/jazztimes…

Where Classical Composer William C. Banfield Meets Jazz Guitarist Bill Banfield: Same Body, Same Mind. From a choral song cycle in New York to a new solo guitar album. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

New Jazz Club, Jazzcultural, Launches in New York. Smalls and Mezzrow gain a new sibling. A report from the virtual audience. (pictured: Jesse Davis, John Webber, Lewis Nash) jazztimes.com/reviews/live/n…

New at #JazzTimes - Review: John Hollenbeck and GEORGE at Solar Myth, Philadelphia. jazztimes.com/reviews/live/r…

Next Jazz Legacy: Key Music Mentorship Program Announces 2026 Cohort. Mike Shanley reports. Meet the artists! jazztimes.com/blog/next-jazz…

Immanuel Wilkins’s Big-Thinking, Multi-Volume Approach to the Live Album. The alto saxophonist reflects on his first live release, the three-volume Live at the Village Vanguard. A.D. Amorosi leads our Q&A. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Jazz Saxophonist Jon Irabagon’s Deep Focus. The multi-reeds maestro is on a tear with two March releases: Focus Out and Saturday’s Child — on alto and bass saxophone, respectively. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Jazz Pianist Emmet Cohen Doubles Up, Seeks Truth with Miles & Coltrane at 100. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

Jazz Sax/Piano Duos of the Season. Tim Garland & Geoffrey Keezer; Tommy Smith & Gwilym Simcock; Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock. A brief inventory by David R. Adler. jazztimes.com/reviews/albums…

Another Cool Re-Birthed: Visions of Jack Kerouac and Jazz in Book and Exhibition Form. jazztimes.com/reviews/exhibi…

Book Worms: Jazz Journalists Association Announces Jazz Awards Book Nominations for 2026. jazztimes.com/blog/book-worm…

New at #JazzTimes - Listening Session: William Parker Talks Classic Free Jazz Recordings, Part II. Ted Panken's series concludes with insightful remarks on Sunny Murray, Albert Ayler, Rollins/Hawkins, more. Photo credit: hari_adivarekar jazztimes.com/features/speci…

New at JazzTimes - Listening Session: William Parker Talks Classic Free Jazz Recordings, Part I. Ted Panken sits with the veteran bassist and gets an earful. Photo credit: Hari Adivarekar jazztimes.com/features/speci…

In Memoriam: Don Schlitten (1932-2026), Grammy-nominated producer, photographer and record label founder. The following obituary was completed and sent to JazzTimes by Don Schlitten’s attorney Adam Nussenbaum and Schlitten’s daughter, Tiana Christoforidis. jazztimes.com/blog/in-memori…

Greg Rahn’s Vintage PC Game Dreams. The Bay Area keyboardist-composer, who released the album Side Hustle in January, has a long history in early PC and mobile game soundtracks. Morgan Enos has the Q&A: jazztimes.com/features/profi…

New at JazzTimes - Book Review – Andy Beta's Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane. jazztimes.com/reviews/books/…

Jazz Guitar Icon Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye Back on Road & Big Ears Festival–Bound. Editor David R. Adler comments on the career context and looks back at a lifetime of listening, from Song X and '80s Pat Metheny Group to today. Photo credit: John Abbott. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

New at JazzTimes – Book Review: Joe Fonda, My Life in the World of Music. Andrey Henkin on the veteran bassist's long game. jazztimes.com/reviews/books/…

New at #JazzTimes – Serious Fun: Alto Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan Expands on the Jazz Lineage of Jackie McLean and More. Lee Mergner has the story. jazztimes.com/features/profi…

New at JazzTimes, Book Excerpt – Let Me Be Frank: The Extraordinary Life and Music of Frank Sinatra, Jr. by Bruce Klauber and Andrea Kauffman. jazztimes.com/features/speci…

New at JazzTimes: Going Mono, Getting Analog: The New Sound of Vintage Jazz. A.D. Amorosi speaks to Verve's Ken Druker, engineer Ryan Smith and Strata-East's Ched Tolliver about the art/science of restoration and remastering. jazztimes.com/blog/going-mon…