Martin Bejerano received a Chamber Music America commission to compose a New Jazz Work in the summer of 2010. He had proposed a long-form composition that would show how — in the tradition of Chick ...

Pianist Martin Bejerano has played with an impressive list of musicians, including Kenny Garrett, James Moody and Jimmy Heath. Roy Haynes and Russell Malone have him in their bands.

Too often, debut recordings in jazz suffer from the look-at-all-I-can do! syndrome. Tempos are fast and faster, the playing is gymnastic and the writing takes on a pretzel logic just because. But in ...

Smoky moods and splintered rhythms permeate Straight Ahead from Havana, the new jazz album from drummer Ignacio Berroa and his trio. In fact, "straight ahead" isn't precisely how I'd describe these ...

The Late Show is having "Drum Solo Week." So CBS had 85-year-old jazz legend Roy Haynes come on. He's with the Fountain of Youth band, his regular working ensemble. That's Jaleel Shaw on soprano sax, ...

Nick Lamb is a pianist, keyboardist, and producer from Berkeley, California. A recipient of 10 Downbeat Awards, Nick has performed in eight countries, at venues including the North Sea, Montreaux, ...

Time will tell, but this may be one of those debut CDs that people will talk about for decades, one where people ask, "Do you remember when you first heard...? While the opening "Blues Evolution ...