JAZZIZ Discovery

Sandra St. Victor’s credits read like a roll call of some of soul and funk’s greatest artists. Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, Roy Ayers, Bernie Worrell and the Purple One himself, Prince, all enlisted her talents. The singer-songwriter and founding member of the The Family Stand has returned with Eleven, her first album in […]

Those old enough to remember the term likely have fond memories of the mixtape. A loving assemblage of tunes personally culled from one’s record collection, mixtapes were sometimes used to woo, but always used to wow their recipients with proof of their creator’s taste and hipness. Agustin Grasso certainly accomplishes that aim with his Brooklyn […]

The EFG London Jazz Festival returns to the British capital from November 13–22, 2026, bringing 10 days of concerts, collaborations, premieres and special events to venues throughout London. Produced by Serious, the annual festival has grown into one of the world’s most expansive celebrations of jazz, with performances taking place everywhere from major concert halls […]

As an arena-filling pop artist, Senri Oe was living the dream in his native Japan — but at one point, it was no longer hisdream. So, 18 years ago, at the age of 47, the pianist and composer moved to New York and enrolled at The New School, where he studied with jazz artists such […]

Photo by: Felix Glasmeyer Nearly 30 years have passed since Wyclef Jean broke big in the pop world with his 9 million-selling debut solo album The Carnival, released on the heels of The Fugees’ 1996 smash The Score. The multi-hypenate musician, songwriter and producer celebrates these milestones with another groundbreaking project, a seven-album series he’s […]