Mar 21, 2017 4:07 PM
Photo Essay: Women of Chicago Jazz Concert
March is national Women’s History Month. It’s an occasion to commemorate the role of women in the political,…
Mar 21, 2017 4:07 PM
March is national Women’s History Month. It’s an occasion to commemorate the role of women in the political,…
Mar 15, 2017 9:35 PM
On the end of his five-city U.S. tour, pianist Tigran Hamasyan returned to New York (where he had lived briefly years…
Mar 15, 2017 8:46 PM
The category now known as “Rising Star” in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll once went by the moniker “Talent…
Mar 13, 2017 9:09 AM
Guitarist Joel Harrison hit on an inspired notion in 2011 when he decided to gather his favorite on-the-fringe and…
Mar 9, 2017 4:09 PM
In Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning movie Moonlight, one of the most defining moments occurs toward the end of the second…
Mar 7, 2017 3:06 PM
Gypsy jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel, a native of Fontainbleau, France, and current resident of Maplewood, New Jersey,…
Mar 6, 2017 7:00 PM
Long hailed as “the Sun of Latin Music” (a moniker taken from his 1974 album of the same name), Eddie Palmieri has…
Mar 6, 2017 1:58 PM
For 30 years now, the Australian trio the Necks—pianist Chris Abrahams, drummer Tony Buck and bassist Lloyd…
Mar 1, 2017 1:39 PM
SFJAZZ recently presented its second extended weekend of musicians who record for the ECM label. Doubling down on the…
Feb 24, 2017 3:36 PM
One of the more delightful aspects of the vintage jazz revival in New York (and elsewhere) in recent years is the…