Nov 4, 2019 10:38 AM
Christian McBride Pursues Numerous Paths, from Big Band to Avant-Garde
Christian McBride believes in “paying it forward.” The bassist traveled to Aspen, Colorado, for a week in August to…
Christian McBride performs with his band New Jawn at the Chicago Jazz Festival on Aug. 31.
Nov 4, 2019 10:38 AM
Christian McBride believes in “paying it forward.” The bassist traveled to Aspen, Colorado, for a week in August to…
John Zorn performs his Hermetic Organ piece earlier in June at Jazz Festival Ljubljana, an event that unspooled 14 sets of the composer’s Bagatelles rendered by various New York musicians.
Jun 27, 2019 11:12 AM
Jazz Festival Ljubljana owns the distinction of being Europe’s oldest continuously run jazz festival—originally…
Bassist Greg Cohen (from left), trumpeter Dave Douglas, drummer Joey Baron and saxophonist John Zorn perform as Masada at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal.
Aug 13, 2018 11:35 AM
This annual festival in Lisbon, Portugal, long programmed by Rui Neves, consistently has offered one of Europe’s most…
May 28, 2018 7:47 AM
There is a comforting ambience and routine awaiting the rush of visitors to Victoriaville, Quebec, for Festival…
Jazz em Agosto, a festival in Lisbon, Portugal, is celebrating John Zorn’s career as part of the 35th edition of the event.
Mar 23, 2018 12:45 PM
To mark its 35th anniversary, Jazz em Agosto, a festival in Lisbon, Portugal, has devised a tribute to John Zorn.
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Dave Douglas (left) performs with John Zorn. The pair recently collaborated during an improv session at the Stone, Zorn’s East Village arts venue set to move across town next year.
Jun 6, 2017 8:20 AM
It was just a few months ago that John Zorn announced that The Stone, his understated avant-garde venue in…
Charles Hersch
Jan 22, 2017 11:16 AM
Charles Hersch has devoted much of his academic career to examining issues related to creativity and identity. Hersch,…
John Zorn
Aug 31, 2016 9:44 AM
With Deborah Gordon now assuming more of the day-to-day duties at the Village Vanguard while her mother—the club’s…
John Medeski (left), Julian Lage, G. Calvin Weston, Craig Taborn, Gyan Riley and David Fiuczynski onstage at the FIMAV Festival in Victoriaville, Canada, on May 21.
May 31, 2016 5:01 PM
Trying to keep tabs on the uniquely prolific and ever-morphing force of culture that is John Zorn can be difficult.…
