Aug 24, 2021 2:10 PM
Jazz Coalition Grant Projects Now Posted
The Jazz Coalition, an artistic and financial support initiative for jazz musicians during the pandemic, has announced…
Sarah Elizabeth Charles, one of more than 100 artists to receive a Jazz Coalition grant
Aug 24, 2021 2:10 PM
The Jazz Coalition, an artistic and financial support initiative for jazz musicians during the pandemic, has announced…
A cavalcade of stars will be performing on Friday, April 30.
Apr 27, 2021 11:04 AM
The 10th annual International Jazz Day will be celebrated Friday, April 30, and this year’s event promises to be more…
Vocalist Kurt Elling is set to stream a performance on Friday.
Oct 19, 2020 8:59 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Bassist Ben Williams is set to stream a Thursday trio set from the Jazz Gallery in New York.
Aug 3, 2020 5:55 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Lakecia Benjamin performs during this year’s Winter Jazzfest, which ran Jan. 8–18 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
May 26, 2020 9:52 AM
Set up in early May, the Jazz Coalition is rallying support for musicians unmoored from their regular incomes during…
Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science are among the groups planning to stream live sets this week.
May 21, 2020 9:50 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Ben Williams’ I Am A Man has been issued through Rainbow Blonde, a new label founded by vocalists José James and Taali and engineer Brian Bender.
May 14, 2020 9:09 AM
Ben Williams was completely mesmerized by 13th, director Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary about mass incarceration and…
Mark de Clive-Lowe was raised in New Zealand playing piano, moved to the UK during the 1990s and pursued electronic music before moving to Los Angeles and working around the edges of jazz.
May 19, 2020 4:47 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Singer José James is releasing No Beginning No End 2 on Rainbow Blonde Records, which he co-founded with singer-songwriter Talia Billig and sound engineer Brian Bender.
Feb 3, 2020 4:44 PM
“Turn Me Up,” a single off José James’ upcoming No Beginning No End 2, radiates like an anthem. Inside an…
Terrace Martin (left) is one of the guests who will collaborate with keyboardist Robert Glasper during his residency at the Blue Note in New York.
Sep 18, 2019 4:20 PM
Robert Glasper soon will set up shop at the Blue Note for a month, playing 56 gigs at the New York jazz club Oct. 3 to…
Jazzmeia Horn’s begun writing a follow-up to her recently released album Love And Liberation and also started work on a book of poetry.
Aug 27, 2019 8:32 AM
On the third night of her June run at Jazz Standard in New York, Jazzmeia Horn leapt into her opener, the Betty Carter…
Sunny Sumter, DC Jazz Festival executive director, speaks Wednesday at The Pillsbury Law Firm Conference Center in Washington D.C., detailing the event’s programing.
Apr 18, 2019 2:27 PM
The DC Jazz Festival announced key elements of its 15th anniversary edition at The Pillsbury Law Firm Conference Center…
Marcus Strickland said he’s considered recording an album of work composed around bass clarinet. The reedist’s album with Twi-Life, People Of The Sun (Blue Note), is out now.
Nov 30, 2018 9:23 AM
Before Marcus Strickland launched into music from his new album, People Of The Sun (Blue Note), during a Nov. 10…
Bassist Ben Williams (left) sits for a DownBeat Blindfold Test, conducted by Willard Jenkins, at the DC JazzFest in Washington, D.C., on June 27.
Jun 15, 2020 11:31 AM
A native of Washington, D.C., bassist Ben Williams took his first DownBeat Blindfold Test in front of an audience in…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks at a Dec. 13 press conference in Washington, D.C. Looking on are, from left, Herbert Scott, Executive Director, Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation; and Aaron Myers, Chair, Board of Directors–Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation.
Jan 10, 2018 9:57 PM
Michigan U.S. Representative John Conyers’ controversy-mired resignation in December had major implications for the…
