The first track on José James' 2008 solo debut, Dreamer, pulls a neat trick of lineage—it's a cover of Freestyle Fellowship's 1993 hip-hop track "Park Bench People," which itself...
Possessed of perhaps the most famous last name in jazz, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane has nevertheless resisted premature canonization since emerging on the scene 15 years ago. Over the course of five albums,...
Guitarist Lionel Loueke's latest album, Heritage, his third for Blue Note, explores the intersection of cultures that have shaped his musical path, from his upbringing in Benin, to his time in...
At the Blue Note on September 6 as part of guitarist-vocalist Lionel Loueke’s new group, pianistRobert Glasper was in the mood for mischief. He played percussion on a Corona bottle;...
