In May, 2013, artist Bo Gehring won the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, a triennial survey, exhibition and award sponsored by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Gehring’s winning ...

Esperanza Spalding has never shied away from a challenge. Among her latest gambits: In 2016, the jazz bassist/vocalist released “Emily’s D+Evolution,” a Tony Visconti-co-produced concept album that ...

Lionel Loueke’s tender-toned acoustic guitar and warm-hearted vocals finely balance African-inflected complexity with metropolitan fluency. His latest album, which includes duets with vocalist ...

The furry-toned tenor saxophonist’s contemplative homage to the late Charlie Parker is a rigorous, free-flowing investigation of classic compositions featuring his young gun working band – rising star ...