Dec 19, 2023 12:26 PM
Heaps of Craft
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
Craft Recordings has released a boxed set reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners.
Dec 19, 2023 12:26 PM
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
Junior Mance (1928–2021)
Feb 1, 2021 3:27 PM
Junior Mance, who enjoyed a long career as a pianist and educator, has died at age 92.
As a leader, Mance recorded…
Jimmy Cobb (1929–2020)
Dec 9, 2020 4:10 PM
Drummer Jimmy Cobb—famous for a discography that includes appearances on numerous Miles Davis albums, including…
Bassist Andy González, who died April 9, frequently worked with his brother, the trumpeter and percussionist Jerry González (1949–2018).
Apr 18, 2020 10:05 AM
Bassist Andy González, who was famous for the influential Latin-jazz recordings he made with the Fort Apache Band,…
Mike Longo (1939–20120)
Mar 27, 2020 8:49 AM
Pianist Mike Longo, best known for his long tenure with Dizzy Gillespie’s band, died on March 22 at Mount Sinai…
To mark the 70th anniversary of Prestige Records, a set of Miles Davis’ quintet recordings spanning 1955 and 1956 has been released on LP, replete with a bonus disc of live performances.
Dec 11, 2019 9:57 AM
Come for the 180-gram vinyl, stay for the recording of Steve Allen presenting Miles Davis with a DownBeat award.
In…
Before she staked her claim on the Central Avenue jazz scene in Los Angeles, trumpeter Clora Bryant was a featured soloist in the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Feb 24, 2020 10:16 AM
Clora Bryant, a fiery trumpet player who broke gender barriers with her horn, swung with the Louis Armstrong and Dizzy…
The book Art Kane: Harlem 1958 explores the origin of one of the most famous photos in jazz history and includes this version, identifying the 57 musicians.
Dec 8, 2018 12:39 PM
Many jazz fans have seen the iconic image, but few know its complete backstory. On Aug. 12, 1958, graphic designer and…
Elio Villafranca has recorded his sixth album, Cinqué.
Mar 14, 2018 3:51 PM
For five days in early May, Cuban pianist/composer Elio Villafranca set up shop at Systems Two, the state-of-the-art…
Jimmy Heath (left), Joshua Redman and Branford Marsalis perform a tribute to saxophone icon Sonny Rollins at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival, held Sept. 15–17 in California.
Sep 21, 2017 10:20 AM
The Monterey Jazz Festival celebrated its 60th anniversary Sept. 15–17 by reflecting on its continuous six-decade…
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…
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs Billy Wilson’s Winter In Lisbon.
Jun 19, 2017 1:58 PM
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater made its premiere in 1958, when the company’s 27-year-old namesake director…
Jon Faddis (left) performs with the University of Miami concert big band under the direction of John Daversa at Festival Miami on
Feb 7, 2017 11:24 AM
In the tropical garden otherwise known as the University of Miami, a handful of jazz stars from the Dizzy Gillespie…
Carlos Henriquez (pictured) helmed an octet celebrating the Latin side of Dizzy Gillespie at Jazz at Lincoln Center from Jan. 26–28.
Feb 7, 2017 3:35 PM
Aside from his role as one of the primary architects of bebop, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was one of jazz’s…
The Jazz at Lincoln Center performs an homage to Dizzy Gillespie during the “Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie” concert series, which ran from Jan. 26-28 at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Feb 1, 2017 11:31 AM
Between Jan. 26 and 28, Jazz at Lincoln Center devoted its three performing spaces to programs exploring the legacy of…
