The bassist, producer and label boss on what Iggy Pop and Ringo Starr have in common, why Keith Richards is not sloppy, and that one time he pushed to play on an album he was producing

Don Was answers the phone like a guy who has lived a full musical life, yet still sounds genuinely pleased that you called. That feels right. His hometown of Detroit has always been a city built on shared bonds,

His nine-piece Pan-Detroit Ensemble, a jazzy jam band, will bring their massive sound to Ann Arbor's Blue Llama Jazz Club this weekend.

Last Friday, October 10, Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble delivered their highly anticipated album, Groove in the Face of Adversity, an introduction to the six-time Grammy award-winning bandleader and his nine-piece soul-jazz communal. To mark the ...

Six-time Grammy winner Don Was has had an illustrious career. As a producer, he won Album of the Year in 1989 with Bonnie Raitt; he has worked with mega stars including The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Willie Nelson, Elton John, and Brian Wilson ...

Tired of hearing the same holiday jazz playlist every December? This year, Jazz Night in America is doing Christmas differently. We're handing the reins to the ultimate crate-digger: Don Was, president of Blue Note Records, Grammy-winning producer and a ...

“I was loath to say John's better than George Harrison,” Was says. “It ain't gonna sit well with people, but he might be better than George Harrison.” Indeed, Was’s time in the studio with Dylan and Harrison was an eye-opening experience, with Dylan sitting in the producer’s chair as the session got underway.