The New York Times

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Flute

The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour. By Giovanni Russonello ...
Capital Public Radio

Destined For Jazz, Flutist Ali Ryerson Carves Her Own Path

If you ask jazz flutist Ali Ryerson about her career path in music, she’ll tell you this: “I had what I call a perfect storm to become a jazz player growing up.” Her three older brothers were ...
Jazz

Jeremy Steig: Flute On The Edge

Flute On The Edge is a thoroughly enjoyable, if somewhat predictable, jazz release by a flute-led jazz quartet. Jeremy Steig addresses the issue of flute as jazz instrument slightly differently than ...
Capital Public Radio

Flutist Laurel Zucker Takes A Swing At Jazz

Flutist Laurel Zucker has an impressive resume. Educated at Julliard and the New England Conservatory of Music, Zucker has taught classical flute at Sacramento State for nearly three decades. She has ...
The Grio

No twerking to this flute work: A review of André 3000’s album, ‘New Blue Sun’

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Like most people, I presume, when the news dropped that André 3000 — the ...
EURweb

Contemporary Jazz Flute Phenomenon Ragan Whiteside Drops New Single and Gives Fans More of Her Smooth, Sexy Sound

*Flute-playing soul-jazz phenomenon Ragan Whiteside has releasesed a brand-new single titled “Off The Cuff” on the Randis Music label (scroll down to HEAR it). The flirty new groove, co-written by ...
Yahoo

How Anchorman created that fire performance: 'Ron Burgundy has to play jazz flute, right?'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ron Burgundy has two passions: Becoming a network anchor and playing the jazz flute. While he would achieve the former in ...
Jazz

Nestor Torres: Jazz Flute Traditions

Born in Puerto Rico in 1957, Néstor Torres began learning the flute at the age of 12. Moving with his family to New York when he was 18, he studied jazz and classical music at the Mannes College of ...
Yahoo

Grammys Surprise: André 3000 Says Album of the Year Nomination for Jazz Flute Project Is Proof ‘I Can Only Do What I’m Into’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. André 3000 has gotten used to not having expectations over the years. Since rattling the mainstream music foundation as one-half ...
The Forward

Jazz Musician Herbie Mann Went Back to His Roots

The CD cover of “The Best Of Herbie Mann” features a shot of the late jazz flutist, taken some time in the mid-1960s. The very picture of an urban Jewish hepcat, Mann stares out of the photo looking ...
The New York Times

5 Minutes to Love Jazz Flute

The flute is having a moment, says our music reporter Giovanni Russonello. André 3000, of OutKast fame, released his album “New Blue Sun” late last year. On it, he traded rap and his distinctive voice ...