"You have to develop your language somewhere. For me, that happens when I’m composing. Putting something on paper means ‘I…
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"You have to develop your language somewhere. For me, that happens when I’m composing. Putting something on paper means ‘I…
Delfeayo Marsalis’s Minions Dominion, with its subtly swinging ballads, intertwining lines and fleet bop melodies performed by the late Elvin…
Ron Carter Knows What Makes Jazz Work
Who better to delineate the delicate dance between composition and improvisation than a veteran of approximately 2,000 recording sessions?
“They…
It's been eight years between Madeline Peyroux's first and second albums, but the time hasn't slowed her momentum. She…

Congratulations to Jim McNeely, BMI composer/arranger/musician and co-Musical Director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, on his two Grammy nominations. The Dacapo album Nice Work, by the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra and Jim McNeely, is nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, and McNeely is cited as… more