Oct 14, 2025 2:38 PM
Craig Taborn Named MacArthur Fellow
Pianist, keyboardist and composer Craig Taborn has received many accolades over his 30-plus-year career, but none quite…
Craig Taborn joins recent jazz-musician MacArthur Fellows Tomeka Reid (2022), Cécile McLorin Salvant (2020), Mary Halvorson (2019) and Tyshawn Sorey (2017).
Oct 14, 2025 2:38 PM
Pianist, keyboardist and composer Craig Taborn has received many accolades over his 30-plus-year career, but none quite…
Craig Taborn, sound surfer
Oct 26, 2021 2:15 PM
The concept is simple, yet a little crazy … as in, fun.
Keyboardist and composer Craig Taborn has created a new…
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Apr 6, 2021 11:37 AM
What’s streaming this week? Try Chris Potter and Craig Taborn, Alligator Records at 50, Bob James and Paul Howard,…
Lakecia Benjamin performs Nov. 6 at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn as a part of Jazzfest Berlin, which this year included livestreamed performances from both sides of the Atlantic.
Nov 30, 2020 6:27 PM
In curating Jazzfest Berlin, Artistic Director Nadin Deventer always looks for a unifying narrative. For this year’s…
For Utica Box, drummer Dan Weiss (center) convenes an acoustic ensemble—a group that contrasts the electric display of his 2018 Starebaby.
Sep 26, 2019 2:35 PM
Drummer Dan Weiss apparently relishes the compositional colors afforded to his groups when he doubles-up…
Saxophonist Melissa Aldana and her quartet pay tribute to artist Frida Kahlo on Visions. The ensemble is set to play the Jazz at the Logan series on April 5.
Jan 24, 2020 10:49 AM
Now in its seventh year, the Jazz at the Logan series offers programing that works to encompass a range of the jazz…
Bassist Chris Lightcap (third from right) merges his two working ensembles for SuperBigmouth, which is set for release Oct. 4 on Pyroclastic Records.
Aug 15, 2019 10:15 AM
Chris Lightcap’s compositional and performative dexterity stretches back to the ’90s, when he began working with…
Steve Gadd performs June 27, the opening night of International Festival de Jazz de Montreal.
Jul 10, 2019 10:36 AM
In 1979, Montreal’s warmer months weren’t exactly vibrant.
“Summer was very quiet here,” recalled jazz…
John Zorn performs his Hermetic Organ piece earlier in June at Jazz Festival Ljubljana, an event that unspooled 14 sets of the composer’s Bagatelles rendered by various New York musicians.
Jun 27, 2019 11:12 AM
Jazz Festival Ljubljana owns the distinction of being Europe’s oldest continuously run jazz festival—originally…
Craig Tabor (left) and Vijay Iyer pay tribute to artists and pianists who recently have passed on Transitory Poems.
Apr 18, 2019 10:29 AM
A spirit of camaraderie and collaboration permeated the room when Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn took the stage of…
