Feb 13, 2019 9:00 AM
For 2019, jazzahead! to Spotlight Norway Scene [Sponsored]
Returning for its 14th iteration, the jazzahead! Festival in Bremen, Germany, aims to highlight distinctive scenes…
Trumpeter Mathias Eick will perform during the April 26 jazzahead! gala concert in Bremen, Germany.
Feb 13, 2019 9:00 AM
Returning for its 14th iteration, the jazzahead! Festival in Bremen, Germany, aims to highlight distinctive scenes…
A photo of late North Carolina musician Algia Mae Hinton is part of the book Blue Muse, which collects images of musicians who have benefited from the Music Maker Relief Foundation.
Feb 13, 2019 9:00 AM
When folklorist Tim Duffy first journeyed to the American South from his Connecticut home, he was unsure what he might…
Guitarist-composer Oscar Peñas (left) pianist Marta Sánchez and drummer Richie Barshay perform Feb. 8 at Aaron Davis Hall at the City College Center for the Arts in Harlem.
Feb 12, 2019 9:33 AM
Oscar Peñas is a poet. Having tasked himself with writing a suite dedicated to the centuries-old practice of…
John Daversa accepts a Grammy for his arrangement of “Stars And Stripes Forever” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10.
Feb 11, 2019 7:58 AM
The Recording Academy handed out Grammy awards in 84 categories on Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but…
Marquis Hill benefited from time spent at the Velvet Lounge, a jazz room on the South Side of Chicago run by saxophonist Fred Anderson (1929–2010).
Feb 8, 2019 9:00 AM
Sipping tea in the Harlem hangout Common Good, Marquis Hill wore a serene smile. The expression was hardly one…
Joris Teepe pays tribute to his mentor with In The Spirit Of Rashied Ali (Jazz Tribes).
Feb 7, 2019 9:00 AM
At New York’s Smalls Jazz Club this fall, Joris Teepe and his quintet invited listeners to celebrate the inaugural…
A very relaxed Christian Meaas Svendsen with members of Nakama
Feb 6, 2019 9:00 AM
In his recent improvisational practice, Norwegian bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen embraces a deeply physical…
Like so many singers before her, Alicia Olatuja’s talent was shaped in the sanctuary.
Feb 5, 2019 9:00 AM
When singer Alicia Olatuja steps on stage, she is sure-footed, and a smile almost always rests on her face.
She…
Chucho Valdes (left), Omara Portuondo and Dianne Reeves each performed during the Jan. 31 SFJAZZ Gala at the the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco.
Feb 4, 2019 3:22 PM
Like a jewel proudly situated alongside some of San Francisco’s most significant performing arts institutions, the…
Wadada Leo Smith released a new large-scale work, Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio Of Seven Songs (TUM), on Feb. 15.
Feb 4, 2019 9:00 AM
An early member of Chicago’s AACM and a master composer with 50 years of work behind him, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith…
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