Apr 7, 2021 10:42 AM
Jazz Returns to Central Park
Giant Step Arts and Keyed Up! have launched a spring performance series called “Walk With The Wind” honoring…
The Wayne Escoffery/Jeremy Pelt Quartet kicked off the spring outdoor series on April 4.
Apr 7, 2021 10:42 AM
Giant Step Arts and Keyed Up! have launched a spring performance series called “Walk With The Wind” honoring…
Maria Schneider and Donny McCaslin are set to stream a Tuesday conversation.
Nov 13, 2020 11:32 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Tom Harrell is among the recipients of a second round of Jazz Coalition grants.
Sep 4, 2020 12:32 PM
Grants Announced: Efforts to offset the financial setbacks performers face because of the coronavirus pandemic…
Saxophonists Samuel Blais (left), Donny McCaslin, David Binney and Dave Liebman make up the Four Visions Saxophone Quartet, a group that can trace its lineage back to jazz and the work of classical saxophonist Marcel Mule.
Apr 24, 2020 4:23 PM
Wind ensembles that work without a rhythm section are tricky.
Horn quartets flout accepted rhythmic and harmonic…
Los Angeles-based Alex Hahn performs at the first Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition, which was held at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eliat, Israel.
Sep 3, 2019 3:05 PM
Los Angeles-based Alex Hahn took top honors on Monday at the inaugural edition of the Michael Brecker International…
McCaslin’s Blow. features vocalists on a number of tracks, a marked departure from his earlier recordings.
Jan 23, 2019 9:42 PM
Onstage at the Star Theater in Portland, Oregon, Donny McCaslin and his band are whipping themselves—and the passel…
Van Morrison performs at Moldejazz in Molde, Norway.
Jul 24, 2019 4:44 PM
Molde is a small stop on the Norwegian fjord-viewing cruise-ship route. But July 16-21, under skies that never fully…
Donny McCaslin’s second album for Motéma will be released later this year.
Jun 8, 2018 8:13 AM
High hopes always accompany the launch of a record label. But many labels falter due to the challenges of today’s…
Vibraphonist Roy Ayers performs last year in Pittsburgh.
May 11, 2018 12:06 PM
Pittsburgh’s contributions to the jazz firmament stretch from seminal figures like Roy Eldridge, Kenny Clarke and…
Marc Ribot performs at the 2017 Belgrade Jazz Festival.
Jul 30, 2019 3:54 PM
The Belgrade Jazz Festival is the ideal destination for after-midnight partying. Many such weekenders put their…
The progressive rock band King Crimson concludes its concert at the Montreal Jazz Festival on July 3.
Jul 23, 2017 5:10 PM
Of all the venues that present concerts during the Montreal Jazz Festival, none is more intimate than the 425-seat…
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…
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…
Donny McCaslin performs with the New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra at Jordan Hall in Boston on Dec. 8
Dec 14, 2016 3:40 PM
Ken Schaphorst, the bandleader at the helm of the New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra, is an intrepid director and…
Dave Holland (left) and Chris Potter perform at the Tampere Jazz Happening in Tampere, Finland, on Nov. 6.
Dec 7, 2016 3:06 PM
The harbingers of a deep winter had arrived in Tampere, Finland, in early November, with diminishing daylight,…
Joss Stone performs at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway, on July 23.
Aug 23, 2016 10:27 AM
Aside from being one of the world’s oldest jazz gatherings, the Molde Jazz Festival, which turned 56 this year, is…
Ryan Truesdell (right) conducts the Gil Evans Project featuring Donny McCaslin (left) during the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival in Elmhurst, Illinois, on Feb. 26.
Mar 22, 2016 1:36 PM
For a small city, Elmhurst, Illinois, can accommodate some big jazz talent. That was certainly the case on Feb. 26,…
