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Bristling cutting contests are as cherished in jazz as bracing collaborations. When the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival…
Tia Fuller (left), Sharel Cassity and Lakecia Benjamin took the stage and delivered at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival.
Mar 22, 2022 1:24 PM
Bristling cutting contests are as cherished in jazz as bracing collaborations. When the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival…
Saxophonist and vocalist Camille Thurman is part of a growing contingent of Black women jazz artists tapping into the power of virtual platforms and claiming the right to speak.
Oct 5, 2020 1:18 PM
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual interactions on Facebook, Instagram Live and Zoom quickly replaced…
Lakecia Benjamin performs during Winter Jazzfest, which ran Jan. 8-18 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Jan 22, 2020 1:32 PM
Peer groups serve as vital incubators for artistic development, but equally critical are intergenerational…
Jerome Jennings follows up his 2016 release, The Beast, with Solidarity.
Dec 12, 2019 10:15 AM
Jerome Jennings stays focused on his goals. After getting his start in his home state of Ohio, he earned degrees from…
Bassist and composer Marcus Shelby says his career has been shaped by performers and institutions in the Bay Area.
Jun 17, 2019 11:23 AM
On the final evening of a four-night run as resident artistic director at San Francisco’s SFJAZZ at the end of May,…
Lewis Porter, whose new album is titled Solo Piano, is in a prolific phase of his career.
Apr 4, 2019 9:36 AM
After flirting with a career in psychology, Lewis Porter, the jazz educator and pianist, turned to music full time…
Vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant is among the nominees for the 61st annual Grammy Awards.
Dec 7, 2018 4:15 PM
Trumpeter/bandleader John Daversa, vocalists Kurt Elling and Cécile McLorin Salvant, pianist Brad Mehldau, saxophonist…
Richmond, Virginia’s No BS! Brass Band performs at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Oct 2, 2018 9:57 AM
Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival, the longest continually running jazz festival in…
Tia Fuller’s most recent album is Diamond Cut (Mack Avenue).
Sep 28, 2018 9:52 AM
Tia Fuller knows about being a road warrior. As featured saxophone soloist in Beyoncé’s all-woman band between 2006…
Violinist Regina Carter is the artistic director of New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s fifth annual all-female jazz residency.
Jun 14, 2018 1:50 PM
Violinist Regina Carter will helm the upcoming all-female jazz residency, hosted by the New Jersey Performing Arts…
After performing and giving a presentation at California State University-Monterey Bay, saxophonist Tia Fuller (shown here) and trumpeter Ingrid Jensen participate in the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Jazz in the Schools in Monterey County earlier in March.
Mar 16, 2018 2:47 PM
The oldest continuous jazz festival in the world and the second-newest school in the California State University system…
Linda May Han Oh onstage at the 2017 Monterey Jazz Festival, held Sept. 15–17 in California.
Oct 2, 2017 5:35 PM
Three years ago, when Monterey Jazz Festival Artistic Director Tim Jackson booked The Roots as a Saturday-night…
Lee Konitz (left) and Dan Tepfer perform at the Charlie Parker Festival in New York City’s Marcus Garvey Park on Aug. 26.
Sep 1, 2017 9:21 AM
Now in its 25th year, New York City’s annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival has evolved from a single afternoon outdoor…
Tia Fuller performed at the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival on Nov. 10.
Jun 18, 2018 11:57 AM
For its 20th-anniversary edition, which took place Nov. 9–12, the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, curated by…
