Writing
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Roy Hargrove
The New York Times
August 11, 2025
The Best Concert in New York Is in a Harlem Apartment
Afar
June 25, 2025
The Amazing Musical Journey of Kahil El’Zaba
Spin
March 13, 2024
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Herbie Hancock
The New York Times
May 3, 2023
Jazz Wunderkind Samara Joy Is Primed for Greatness
W Magazine
February 2, 2023
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman
The New York Times
November 2, 2022
Mal Waldron, sideman to jazz greats, gets a solo retrospective
The Washington Post
September 30, 2022
Somi pays tribute to Miriam Makeba, on album and on stage
The Washington Post
May 19, 2022
Reflecting on the wisdom of our jazz elders
NPR
December 21, 2021
Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz
The Washington Post
November 12, 2021
In the Cookers, collective centuries of heat
Washington Post
October 2, 2021
Lee Morgan’s ‘Live at the Lighthouse’ was a masterpiece that turned out to be a farewell
The Washington Post
August 27, 2021
The continued impact of jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove
The Washington Post
July 16, 2021
Esperanza Spalding: TRIANGLE
Pitchfork
April 9, 2021
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah was one of the last musicians to perform in a New York club. The resulting album could win him a Grammy.
The Washington Post
March 17, 2021
How George Benson Turned an Early ‘No’ Into a Career of ‘Yes’
The New York Times
November 12, 2020
Marshall Allen is 96 years old and still leading one of the most visionary jazz groups of all time
The Washington Post
October 30, 2020
Kassa Overall’s Video For ‘I Think I’m Good’ Is A Deep Exploration Of Contrasts
NPR
October 27, 2020
Sunny War Has A Message For The ‘Orange Man’
NPR
October 14, 2020
Jyoti Mama, You Can Bet!
Pitchfork
September 9, 2020
Listen to “Hit Different” [ft. Ty Dolla $ign] by SZA
Pitchfork
September 8, 2020
ALA.NI Orchestrates ‘Lament For Emmett Till’ With Help From Adrian Younge
NPR
August 28, 2020
Jorja Smith Finds Strength In Numbers In ‘By Any Means’
NPR
July 30, 2020
Georgia Anne Muldrow Seeks Refuge On ‘Orgone’
NPR
June 25, 2020
Ambrose Akinmusire’s ‘Hooded procession’ Is A Virtual Funeral Dirge
NPR
June 12, 2020
The Playful, “Anti Feel-Good” Soul-Pop of John Carrol Kirby
Bandcamp Daily
May 5, 2020
On “I Am A Man,” Jazz Bassist Ben Williams Redefines Protest Music On His Own Terms
Bandcamp Daily
February 25, 2020
Jazz Travelogue: Exploring Identity at Jazzfest Berlin
JAZZIZ
January 20, 2020
Georgia Anne Muldrow / Dudley Perkins: Black Love & War
Pitchfork
August 15, 2019
Mitchell Takes Homage to Winter Jazzfest
Downbeat
January 10, 2018
Cécile McLorin Salvant: Dreams and Daggers
Pitchfork
October 7, 2017
Christian Scott Blows Up Jazz Conventions [INTERVIEW]
Ebony
November 1, 2013
Reflections On A Dozen Years With Abbey Lincoln
NPR
June 14, 2013