Feb 7, 2023 1:41 PM
Dreaming of Water with Fred Hersch & esperanza spalding
Fred Hersch was in good spirits, appearing relaxed on the video screen from his New York City loft. The pianist turned…
The album Alive At The Village Vanguard (Palmetto), featuring Hersch on piano and spalding on vocals, was recorded in 2018.
Feb 7, 2023 1:41 PM
Fred Hersch was in good spirits, appearing relaxed on the video screen from his New York City loft. The pianist turned…
Jon Batiste (center) performs at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3.
Apr 6, 2022 9:59 PM
Jon Batiste was the big winner at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, held April 3 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The…
Jon Batiste’s We Are garnered 12 Grammy nominations.
Nov 30, 2021 1:21 PM
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards. While there are plenty of potential…
Esperanza Spalding performing with the San Francisco Symphony.
Nov 2, 2021 1:08 PM
San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall is located across the street from the War Memorial Opera House and a block…
Maria Schneider’s 1995 Monterey Jazz Festival commission Scenes From Childhood is streaming now.
Jul 27, 2021 12:16 PM
The summer livestream calendar has been slowing down, but here are five great events to check out online this week,…
Bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding and pianist Fred Hersch are raising funds for Jazz Foundation of America amid the pandemic.
Jun 1, 2020 4:31 PM
Bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding and pianist Fred Hersch recorded a 2018 run at New York’s Village Vanguard, and a…
Marc Ribot is on the steering committee of the Music Workers Alliance, which is fighting to protect musicians’ rights.
May 11, 2020 12:05 AM
Within 24 hours of the World Health Organization’s March 11 announcement that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic,…
Bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding took home a Grammy in the “Best Jazz Vocal Album” category for 12 Little Spells.
Feb 3, 2020 4:49 PM
Singer/bassist Esperanza Spalding, trumpeter Randy Brecker and pianist Chick Corea were among the honorees at the 62nd…
Bassist and bandleader Christian McBride, who has won six Grammy awards, has three more Grammy nominations.
Dec 2, 2019 12:35 PM
Among artists receiving multiple nominations for the 62nd Grammy Awards are bassist Christian McBride, bassist/vocalist…
Terrace Martin (left) is one of the guests who will collaborate with keyboardist Robert Glasper during his residency at the Blue Note in New York.
Sep 18, 2019 4:20 PM
Robert Glasper soon will set up shop at the Blue Note for a month, playing 56 gigs at the New York jazz club Oct. 3 to…
Terri Lyne Carrington’s Waiting Game is set for release Nov. 8 on Motéma Music.
Sep 3, 2019 3:26 PM
Drummer, bandleader and educator Terri Lyne Carrington is set to release an ambitious double album, Waiting Game, which…
“There are plenty of guys who would vote for a woman president before hiring a woman in their band,” Terri Lyne Carrington said.
Jan 25, 2019 10:52 AM
What would jazz without patriarchy sound like? It’s a provocative question—and one that drummer Terri Lyne…
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,…
Dave McMurray (left), Esperanza Spalding, Ravi Coltrane and Terri Lyne Carrington pay tribute to the late Geri Allen at the 2018 Detroit Jazz Festival.
Sep 11, 2018 4:21 PM
Over Labor Day weekend in Detroit, many buildings hung their flags at half-mast, as the city laid to rest its favorite…
Jul 3, 2018 9:36 AM
What makes the lawns of Saratoga Springs so green and lush, its sturdy trees so tall? That would be rain. What has made…
Pianist Chick Corea is the artist-in-residence for the 39th annual Detroit Jazz Festival.
Apr 12, 2018 2:31 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival on Wednesday announced its lineup for the 2018 installment of the event, which runs Aug.…
Pianist Ethan Iverson played Geri Allen’s “For John Malachi” at Portland’s Winningstad Theatre during the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival.
Feb 28, 2018 9:34 AM
In the past, the folks behind the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival have booked their annual event around a theme. In 2009, it…
Esperanza Spalding’s new album is titled Exposure.
Aug 3, 2018 9:30 AM
Witnessing Esperanza Spalding in concert in September 2006, when she opened for the McCoy Tyner Sextet at Berklee’s…
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…
Christian McBride (foreground) and Questlove (background) perform in The Philadelphia Experiment at the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 6.
Aug 12, 2017 1:19 PM
The annual pilgrimage to Fort Adams State Park, located at the mouth of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, is a high point…
A still from Esperanza Spalding’s Facebook video announcing the launch of Exposure.
Sep 13, 2017 7:03 PM
Over the course of five studio albums, bassist Esperanza Spalding has established herself as one of today’s major…
Vocalist Bobby Carcassés, percussionist Yaroldy Abreu and bassist Esperanza Spalding perform Spalding’s composition “I Adore You” in Havana on April 30. The BET network will broadcast the concert Sunday (June 18) at 2 p.m. EST.
Jun 19, 2017 2:18 PM
If you weren’t fortunate enough to attend the 2017 International Jazz Day Concert in Havana, or if you didn’t watch the…
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…
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…
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,…
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