Mar 29, 2022 11:38 AM
Erwin Helfer Resurfaces with New CD, Instructional Book
Blues, boogie, jazz and American roots pianist Erwin Helfer is the unlikely but grateful poster boy for survival of the…
Mar 29, 2022 11:38 AM
Blues, boogie, jazz and American roots pianist Erwin Helfer is the unlikely but grateful poster boy for survival of the…
Mar 29, 2022 11:15 AM
All four of this year’s NEA Jazz Masters honorees — Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison Jr., Billy Hart and Cassandra…
Mar 29, 2022 11:09 AM
As a singer, flutist, beat-maker, remixer and conceptualist, Melanie Charles saturates Ya’ll Don’t (Really) Care…
Mar 29, 2022 10:55 AM
“My work is the intersection between spiritual practice and Black aesthetics,” Immanuel Wilkins says. “The two…
Mar 20, 2022 10:45 PM
Randy Brecker has done four Blindfold Tests, according to DownBeat archives. This one was his first in a long time,…
Mar 20, 2022 10:30 PM
Warren Haynes: ‘The First Sound That Moved Me’
At last, Warren Haynes is carrying the banner of the blues. For the…
Mar 20, 2022 10:26 PM
When drummer Henry Cole recruited rapper Negro González to appear on “De Frente,” an outcry of an offering on…
Mar 20, 2022 10:23 PM
With a host of new ideas, and a significantly larger hall with more exhibition space, jazzahead! is heading towards its…
Mar 20, 2022 10:19 PM
Bristling cutting contests are as cherished in jazz as bracing collaborations. When the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival…
Mar 15, 2022 12:07 PM
In June 2017, Vadim Neselovskyi played a concert at the Soviet-era Palace of Culture Mettalurgov in Mariupol, Ukraine,…