New Cool host Abe Beeson interviewed Freudian Slurp guitarist and bandleader Ian Hughes about their upcoming jazz fusion album and their just-released cover of a '90s rock classic by Nirvana.

Jason Cressey and Peter Daniel are known quantities on Seattle's modern jazz and funk scene. Their new collaboration, FUTURENOT, isn't exactly jazz, but the music wouldn't exist without it.

One of the sounds of jazz that seems most connected to summertime is that of the Hammond B3 organ. You can almost smell barbecue when the music gets…

Nathaniel Cross is an arranger and trombone player from Southeast London, once called "The Quincy Jones of Catford" by Rolling Stone magazine. Besides…

Concert calendars are starting to fill up again – and not just for streaming events. New Cool host Abe Beeson helps you dig into the smorgasbord of live…

Seattle native and New York-based drummer, producer and spoken word artist Kassa Overall stayed hard at work on his music through the quarantine. But now…

Rhythm is the core of the retro-modern soul jazz outfit The True Loves. Their new album, Sunday Afternoon, however, gets its heart from the horns. New…

Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings returns with a fantastic new album with his band Sons of Kemet and continues to live up to the building hype around this…

It was in the neighborhood - an ensemble of top young jazz and funk players were gathering for a virtual concert from the Highland Park Improvement…

The new trio W.R.D. is keyboardist Robert Walter, guitarist Eddie Roberts and drummer Adam Deitch. Their debut album, The Hit, on Roberts' Color Red…