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 ...

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, ...

The Fuzz; The Subtle Sermon; Opus One; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Slittin' Sam (the Shaychet Man); Prelude to a Kiss; Flying Home; I Remember You; The Fat Man; Just Plain Meyer; Sometimes I'm Happy; ...

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 ...

The German jazz drummer’s seven-piece packs a mighty and accurately delivered punch in this uplifting set Wolfgang Haffner is Europe’s top jazz drummer. He’s also a considerable composer and record ...