New Orleans is one of the only places in the world where you encounter a city, a culture, and a music scene all at the same time. When I arrived here a year ago, I wasn’t prepared for how interwoven music, dance, food, and history are in this city, and how quickly I would be swept […]

There are very few artists in this world who can say they have been successful over a wide spectrum of genres, but to be truly recognized and celebrated in those different genres is indeed a tribute to the persistence of a devoted artist. Not only has Michael Philip Mossman earned himself a place in the […]

In 2007, Ambrose Akinmusire won the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo as well as the Thelonious Monk International Jazz competitions. He also released his debut recording, Prelude…To Cora. It was clear the world was being introduced to a major new talent. A native Californian, Akinmusire studied at the Manhattan School, then returned to the […]