Aug 8, 2023 4:53 PM
Newport Jazz Fest Aimed to Please All
“Something for everybody” was the strategy of the Ed Sullivan Show, the most successful variety show in TV history,…
Samara Joy brought fans to their feet in the middle of her Newport set!
Aug 8, 2023 4:53 PM
“Something for everybody” was the strategy of the Ed Sullivan Show, the most successful variety show in TV history,…
Charlap crafted an object lesson in how to mine memory to elicit emotion, marry it to intellect and temper it with humor to yield a potent experience.
Nov 29, 2022 10:22 PM
Bill Charlap is a singularly vital figure on the New York scene, widely respected as an exponent of the trio format…
The great jazz shrine of The Village Vanguard in New York reopened in September.
Oct 5, 2021 4:51 PM
The tables were slightly fewer in number. The air filtration system was new. But when the Village Vanguard reopened in…
The Sands Box
Apr 27, 2021 10:56 AM
It’s a HUGE streaming week with International Jazz Day and Jazz Month celebrations aplenty: Norah Jones chats with…
Eddie Palmieri is set to stream a performance on Saturday.
Dec 11, 2020 3:03 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
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…
The Le Boeuf Brothers are set to stream a Tuesday performance.
Oct 6, 2020 4:45 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Luke Stewart is set to stream a Thursday performance.
Sep 11, 2020 8:58 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Criss Cross’ Gerry Teekens (left) gives Reservoir Records’ Mark Feldman a hug.
Nov 13, 2019 10:08 AM
Gerry Teekens, who in 1981 founded the Dutch label Criss Cross Jazz, died Oct. 31, according to an email sent to…
Pianist Bill Charlap, creative director for jazz at New York’s 92nd Street Y, is set to perform with vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant on July 18 as part of the organization’s Jazz in July programming.
Jun 20, 2019 3:01 PM
In addition to its classical and dance offerings, New York’s 92nd Street Y has a significant history of…
Todd Barkan, who owned the original Keystone Korner in San Francisco, stands outside the new Keystone Korner Baltimore.
May 8, 2019 2:31 PM
The worldwide celebration of International Jazz Day on April 30 included the grand opening of a club bearing an iconic…
Miguel Zenón received a Grammy nomination for his album Típico.
Dec 5, 2017 2:27 PM
Clarinetist Anat Cohen, pianist Fred Hersch, alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, guitarist Julian Lage, vocalist Cécile…
Anat Cohen (left) and the members of Trio Brasileiro—Douglas Lora, Dudu Maia and Alexandre Lora—collaborated on the Grammy-nominated album Rosa Dos Ventos (Anzic).
Dec 4, 2017 4:33 PM
Clarinetist Anat Cohen, pianist Fred Hersch, saxophonist Chris Potter, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, organist Joey…
Kenny Barron and bassist Dave Young perform in an Oscar Peterson tribute concert at Symphony Center on April 7. Todd Rosenberg
Apr 14, 2017 12:20 PM
The evening of April 7 saw a rare procession of mainstream piano mastery cross the stage of Symphony Center in…
George Coleman (left) Eric Alexander and Adam Brenner perform at the Disability Pride NYC concert on Jan. 5.
Jan 17, 2017 3:56 PM
This year’s NYC Winter JazzFest, which includes several programs addressing the themes of political and social…
Mike LeDonne is the founder and organizer of the Jazz Legends for Disability Pride concert, which will take place Jan. 5, 2017, in Manhattan.
Dec 28, 2016 3:58 PM
Jazz Legends for Disability Pride is a concert fundraiser organized by keyboardist Mike LeDonne. LeDonne, whose name…
Kenny Washington (left), Bill Charlap and Peter Washington performed a program of Great American Songbook standards at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on April 9
Jun 20, 2019 2:33 PM
At age 10, Bill Charlap attended an event at the Friars’ Club, a New York show-biz institution. Charlap was the…
