Three years after his Grammy-nominated debut, Buenos Aires-born jazz trumpeter Diego Urcola's new CD Viva features what Urcola calls his dream band: pianist Edward Simon, bass player Avishai Cohen, ...

Whether it's a song about longing for a beloved home or breaking away from a stifling one, American musicians are always writing about the places they're from. American music isn't defined by a sound ...

As there's not much happening jazz-wise this month, I thought it would be fun (not to mention controversial) to put together a "dream band" comprised of many of my all-time favorite players. Not based ...

Alex Hitchcock has a lot of energy and a lot of ideas; four recordings have apparently left him in no danger of running out. Clearly it helps to have met plenty of friends and collaborators along the ...