Brandon Coleman is a Los Angeles-based keyboardist who has performed with the industry's most sought after musicians, including Stanley Clark, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Miller, Brain Mcknight, Stevie Wonder, Esperanza Spalding and many more. His latest album is 'Resistance.'

In this episode of Crate Digging, JAZZIZ Editors Brian Zimmerman and Matt Micucci share their favorite albums from the West Coast jazz scene, then and now.

Ben Williams is a bassist, bandleader and composer from Washington, D.C. In 2009, he won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Bass Competition, which led to stints with Stefon Harris, Bilal and Pat Metheny. His latest album is 'I Am a Man.'

In this episode of Crate Digging, we explore recent jazz albums with political themes. View the full list of albums here: https://www.jazziz.com/crate-digging-our-favorite-albums-for-election-week/

We look forward to our Winter 2020 “Jazz on Film” issue by talking with Vince Wilburn Jr. about Miles’ love for cinema and his history as an actor.

The classically trained singer, pianist, dancer and Broadway actor. Her new album 'Triangle' was released in August. Mason has trademarked her own musical format called Mixtura, "a blend of different musical currents.

Marc Free is a musician, poet, record producer, entrepreneur and founder of the California-based jazz label Posi-Tone Records, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Cameron Graves is a keyboardist, composer and founding member of The West Coast Get Down. A frequent collaborator of Kamasi Washington, he appeared on the saxophonist's groundbreaking album 'The Epic.'  Graves' own debut album, 'Planetary Prince,' was released in 2017.

JAZZIZ Editors Brian Zimmerman and Matt Micucci dig through the crates to bring you albums we loved this week, along with news, reviews and more!

Reza Ackbaraly is the co-founder, along with Quincy Jones, of Qwest TV, a subscription video-on-demand service featuring jazz and related eclectic music. It has been called the "Netflix" of improvised music.