May 24, 2022 11:50 AM
Detroit Jazz Festival Announces 2022 Lineup
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for Labor Day weekend during a livestream preview event that…
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for Labor Day weekend during a livestream preview event that included a live performance from the 2022 Artist-in-Residence Chucho Valdés.
May 24, 2022 11:50 AM
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for Labor Day weekend during a livestream preview event that…
Galactic will headline the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival.
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The jazz festival season for 2021 has certainly been a moving target, mostly for the good. With a host of late-breaking…
Jazz stars will shine on Miami’s bayfront.
Apr 19, 2021 9:47 AM
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Wynton Marsalis and Jazz At Lincoln Center are set to host their annual gala online.
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In a profound improvisational act, Jazz At Lincoln Center is set to host its annual gala online.
Streaming from…
Pianists Chick Corea (left) and Chucho Valdés (foreground) perform during their first duo concert on Nov. 15 in the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
Nov 26, 2019 2:23 PM
Chucho Valdés and Chick Corea had never played together before they squared off across two grand pianos in the Rose…
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 5, 2019 10:23 AM
Like a jewel proudly situated alongside some of San Francisco’s most significant performing arts institutions, the…
Chucho Valdés (second from left) at the Rumba Para Bebo concert
Oct 8, 2018 9:21 AM
The Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival, which launched in 1966, is billing 2018 as its 50th anniversary.…
Danilo Pérez (left), Wayne Shorter, Brian Blade and John Patitucci perform at the Panama Jazz Festival in Panama City.
Feb 6, 2018 1:19 PM
The vision and determination that built the Panama Jazz Festival into a thriving institution were characterized in…
Fabian Almazan, Roy Hargrove, Claudia Acuña and Jon Benitez perform at the Jazz Gallery Awards Gala in New York City on May 15.
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It took but a few notes played by alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Fabian Almazan to quiet the room full of…
Chucho Valdés performs at Birdland in New York City as part of a six-night engagement at the venue.
May 24, 2017 2:15 PM
Most 75-year-olds residing in Miami, Florida, aspire to a comfortable retirement. Not so for master pianist-composer…
Adel Gonzáles (left), Orlando “Maraca” Valle, Yandy Martinez, Sixto Llorente and Héctor Quintana perform at the International Jazz Day Global Concert at the Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso in Havana, Cuba, on April 30.
May 10, 2017 12:38 PM
After engaging with Marcus Miller’s popping electric bass ostinato, Ambrose Akinmusire’s piquant trumpet harmonies…
Herbie Hancock performs at the International Jazz Day “All-Star Global Concert” in Havana, Cuba, on April 30.
May 1, 2017 10:22 AM
The International Jazz Day “All-Star Global Concert” took place in Havana, Cuba, on, April 30, and is now archived…
Herbie Hancock (left) and Igor Butman shake hands after their performance during the International Jazz Day 2015 Global Concert at UNESCO on April 30, 2015, in Paris, France.
Apr 30, 2017 9:56 PM
The sixth annual International Jazz Day will be celebrated worldwide on Sunday, April 30, and, just as in years past,…
John Scofield won two Grammy awards on Feb. 12.
Feb 14, 2017 7:47 PM
Guitarist John Scofield, reedist/bandleader Ted Nash and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Jacob Collier are among the…
Joe Lovano (left) and Chucho Valdés (seen here in a publicity photo) performed at Birdland in New York Nov. 22–27.
Nov 29, 2016 5:09 PM
Joe Lovano and Chucho Valdés first met in 1986, when Lovano played the Havana Jazz Festival with Charlie Haden’s…
