DAVE DAVIES, BYLINE: This is FRESH AIR. Mention of the label Blue Note Records will evoke a sound familiar to most jazz fans - pristine, warm, as if the greatest musicians of the '60s were playing in ...

It is a long way from Falcarragh to Amsterdam. The distance is measured not so much in kilometers as in culture. Alto saxophonist Micheal Murray hails from the former, a small Irish-speaking town on ...

Much of the creativity being showcased in the jazz world is happening in the UK, and at the center of that musical community is multi-instrumentalist Shabaka Hutchings. Born in London, he spent most ...

Jazz-funk supergroup Nitecap has released its debut album, Things of That Nature, a 10-track set of original compositions that harkens on the contemporary synth-laden soul with jazz-funk and fusion ...