Charles Tolliver’s professional career began in earnest in 1964, when he recorded as a sideman with alto saxophonist Jackie McLean. In subsequent years, Tolliver worked with Max Roach, Horace Silver, Andrew Hill, Sonny Rollins, Gerald Wilson, and others. Recently, Mack Avenue records reissued his first session as a leader, under the title Right Now… And...Read More

In honor of the birthday of pioneering jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer, and arranger Eddie Durham, I am reposting an interview with Loren Schoenberg about the PBS documentary he helped to produce called Wham Rebop Boom Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham. Schoenberg is the Senior Scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem as...Read More

Jazz88 Morning Host Peter Solomon speaks with composer and saxophonist Stephanie Wieseler and bassist Charlie Bruber about the long awaited new recording by Society of Chemists. The Twin Cities-based ensemble has a unique musical approach with they describe as “chamber jazz fusion.” They discuss what that means, and Wieseler talks about the ways she sometimes...Read More

In honor of the 125th anniversary of the borth of Louis Armstrong, we are reposting an interview with Ricki Riccardi, the Director of Resaerch Collections at the Louis Armstrong House and Museum and the author of three biographies of Armstrong. In this segment, he speaks with Jazz88’s Peter Solomon about his most recent book, called...Read More