Singer Yazmin Bowers is also a pianist, painter, dancer and teacher. She’s also quite the world traveler spending a lot of her time in Havana, Cuba where she teaches music and culture and eventually incorporating her own experiences into her own music. With her heart and soul ultimately coming from her Midwestern roots, it’s always a...Read More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon spoke with banjoist Béla Fleck about his recent Grammy Award-winning recording with the late Chick Corea and his new project, a collaboration with Colombian harpist Edmar Castaneda and drummer Antonio Sanchez. They perform at the Dakota on Monday, March 24th and Tuesday, March 25. (Attached photo by Shervin Lainez)Read More

Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below!   Okonski – Summer Storm Ebo Taylor – Get Up Zaccai Curtis – Cuban Fantasy LA Buckner & BiG HOMiE – NORFSIDE Mike Munson – Night Flying Birds Black Market Brass – Battle Ready feat. Obi Original Society of Chemists...Read More

Shabaka is one of the most vital voices working in music today. For the past decade, he has been heralded as one of the strongest and most imaginative saxophonists and bandleaders in jazz. And while the past handful of years have seen Shabaka turn his focus towards the flute, his mission of creating “the best...Read More

Sean writes: I was overjoyed to get some new music from the fusion friendly group Society of Chemists in my inbox. The members of Society of Chemists are criminally busy with other projects, but they find the time to keep this one going because the band has such tangible passion for the self-described “chamber jazz...Read More