Jan 31, 2023 12:47 PM
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour Celebrates the Fest at 65
Vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Yasushi…
Dee Dee, Kurt and Lakecia raise the roof.
Jan 31, 2023 12:47 PM
Vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Yasushi…
Dee Dee Bridgewater returned to live performing in Rome, with a few butterflies and a beautiful set.
Jul 27, 2021 11:30 AM
On a warm July night in central Rome, Dee Dee Bridgewater, wearing a long, floral print dress and broad-rimmed, dark…
Galactic will headline the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival.
Jul 13, 2021 4:21 PM
The jazz festival season for 2021 has certainly been a moving target, mostly for the good. With a host of late-breaking…
Cha Wa performs at the Creole Tomato Fest on June 30.
Jun 29, 2021 2:33 PM
Happy Independence Week to all. Streaming highlights for the week feature Mardi Gras Indian band Cha Wa from the Creole…
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…
Jazz stars will shine on Miami’s bayfront.
Apr 19, 2021 9:47 AM
The inaugural Bayfront Jazz Festival will take place at Miami’s Bayfront Park with live jazz on April 30 and May 1.…
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,…
Reedist and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters fellowship recipient Roscoe Mitchell, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, bassist Junius Paul and drummer Vincent Davis perform during Thursday’s NEA ceremony.
Aug 25, 2020 2:44 PM
As the Democratic National Convention streamed in what seemed like an alternative universe on Aug. 20, Dee Dee…
Smoke rises May 29 in Minneapolis following protests in the city where George Floyd was killed May 25 while in police custody.
Jun 9, 2020 8:51 AM
Mass protests over the killing of George Floyd, as well as the recent slayings of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor,…
Vocalist Angélique Kidjo is among the performers to contribute to Jazz Foundation of America’s #TheNewGig fundraiser.
May 14, 2020 9:09 AM
On May 14, Jazz Foundation of America is set to host #TheNewGig fundraiser to benefit the organization’s Covid-19…
Carla Thomas (left), Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steven Bernstein, Craig Handy and Natalie Cressman onstage at the WBGO gala on Nov. 6 in Manhattan
Dec 20, 2019 1:54 PM
On Nov. 6, Newark’s jazz public radio station, WBGO, marked a milestone by throwing itself a 40th anniversary party.…
Samara McLendon poses with her plaque for winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on Nov. 24. From left: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Laurin Talese, McLendon and Jane Monheit.
Dec 2, 2019 3:23 PM
Singers typically become more sophisticated interpreters of lyrics as they grow older and gain life experience. So one…
Chick Corea’s Trilogy, which also includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, are set to play the 2019/20 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago on Nov. 1.
Oct 7, 2019 9:40 AM
The 2019/2020 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago is set to return Nov. 1.
During the past two-plus…
Joel Ross and Good Vibes celebrate the vinyl release of Kingmaker on Friday, Aug. 2 at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Ross—who also played with Makaya McCraven and with the collective In Common—performed three sets in two days during the festival.
Aug 12, 2019 1:45 PM
By the time Paul Gonsalves shook up Fort Adams with 27 blistering choruses in 1956, the Newport Jazz Festival already…
Concord Label Group president John Burk (left), Monk Competition winner Tom Oren and Thelonious Monk Institute chairman Herbie Hancock
Dec 13, 2018 10:50 AM
The winner of this year’s Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition, Tom Oren, hails from Tel Aviv, Israel—a…
Saxophonist and 2018 Kennedy Center Honoree Wayne Shorter delivers a speech Dec. 1 at a State Department dinner in Washington, D.C.
Dec 3, 2018 1:40 PM
Over the course of his fruitful career, prolific saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has amassed numerous accolades,…
Common performs at the 39th annual Tri-C JazzFest in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jul 13, 2018 2:04 PM
Autobiography was a key motif of Cleveland’s 39th Tri-C JazzFest, which ran June 28-30 at Playhouse Square. Bracketed…
Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater was among the performers on Blue Note at Sea.
Feb 7, 2018 1:12 PM
For years, Entertainment Cruise Productions Executive Director Michael Lazaroff has been trying to strike the right…
Dee Dee Bridgewater performed songs from her album Memphis … Yes, I’m Ready during a Nov. 16 concert at the EFG London Jazz Festival.
Dec 6, 2017 7:30 PM
London is blessed with a wide variety of music venues, which in turn provide vastly differing atmospheres for the…
Dee Dee Bridgewater performs at SFJAZZ in San Francisco on Sept. 8 as part of the venue’s season opening.
Oct 15, 2017 12:46 PM
SFJAZZ opened its 2017–’18 season on Sept. 7 with a formidable members-only show by Dee Dee Bridgewater. A tribute…
The Chicago Jazz Fest (left) and Detroit Jazz Fest will take place over Labor Day Weekend. Admission to both festivals is free.
Sep 3, 2017 8:43 PM
Jazz fans within earshot of Chicago and Detroit might want to pack up the car and head into town, as both cities play…
Dee Dee Bridgewater will release Memphis—- Yes, I’m Ready on DDB/OKeh Records on Sept. 15.
Aug 22, 2017 7:32 PM
Dee Dee Bridgewater’s 2007 disc, Red Earth—A Malian Journey (Verve), found her searching for her African roots. Her…
Nicholas Payton (left), Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington perform in a tribute to pianist Geri Allen at the Village Vanguard in New York.
Sep 1, 2017 1:20 PM
The premature passing of pianist Geri Allen at the age of 60 on June 27 left the jazz world reeling from a profound…
Pedrito Martinez (left) and Angélique Kidjo perform during the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, on July 12.
Jan 10, 2019 12:17 PM
This year’s Umbria Jazz festival in Perugia, Italy, once again featured an ambitious multifaceted program that ranged…
Dr. Warrick L. Carter (1942–2017)
Jul 20, 2017 5:31 PM
Dr. Warrick L. Carter, an acclaimed music educator who served at numerous educational institutions—including Columbia…
Diane Reeves (left), Dee Dee Bridgewater and Esperanza Spalding pay homage to Abbey Lincoln during a tribute performance held in honor of the late singer at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 6.
May 10, 2017 5:40 PM
The Apollo Theater’s Abbey Lincoln Tribute, the centerpiece of its four day Women of the World (WOW) Festival, was a…
Wayne Shorter performs during the April 19 press conference, at which headliners for the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival were announced.
Apr 20, 2017 2:15 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s largest free jazz fest, has announced its full artist lineup for the 38th…
The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert on April 3, 2017 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (left to right): Representing Ira Gitler, Fitz Gitler; Dick Hyman; Dave Holland; Dr. Lonnie Smith; and Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Apr 7, 2017 1:59 PM
Since relocating from New York to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the annual NEA Jazz Masters awards…
Roscoe Mitchell performs at the Stockholm Jazz Festival, which ran from Oct. 7–16 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Dec 9, 2016 3:42 PM
This year’s Stockholm Jazz Festival, held October 7–16, tilted a bit more in the direction of world music, with jazz…
Dee Dee Bridgewater (pictured), Dave Holland, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Dick Hyman and Ira Gitler have been named the 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters.
Jun 22, 2016 10:09 AM
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the 2017 Jazz Masters Fellows. Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, bassist…
