Dec 19, 2023 1:04 PM
Yule Tunes
’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…
Vocalist Samara Joy reveals a core of benevolence on A Joyful Holiday.
Dec 19, 2023 1:04 PM
’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…
Gregory Porter’s Still Rising
Nov 16, 2021 1:29 PM
Vocalist Gregory Porter has released a collection of hand-picked favorites on his 34-song retrospective Still Rising.
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The Monterey Jazz Festival, one of many reopening for late summer.
Jun 15, 2021 11:43 AM
In what has to be billed as the great jazz reopening, festivals are coming back online, many with late-breaking plans…
Gregory Porter in his kitchen
May 7, 2021 10:33 AM
Gregory Porter, the two-time Grammy winner and frequent DownBeat Vocalist of the Year, is taking cooking to a whole new…
Violinist Tomoko Omura and her husband, pianist Glenn Zaleski, are set to stream a performance on Sunday.
Nov 23, 2020 12:10 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Jimmy Heath’s final recording, Love Letter, is set for release July 17.
Jun 22, 2020 10:32 AM
Verve recently announced the release of Jimmy Heath’s final recording, an album completed just one month prior to the…
Bill Withers, seen here addressing the crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Oct. 1, 2015, died on March 30 at age 81.
Apr 3, 2020 2:50 PM
Singer-songwriter Bill Withers died on March 30 in Los Angeles due to heart complications, according to a family…
“People talk about music therapy, and I find myself thinking, ‘Wow, that’s what I’m doing, in a lot of ways,’” Porter said.
Apr 24, 2020 4:23 PM
When considering the artistic legacy of Bakersfield, California, many people think of country music legends Merle…
Dee Dee Bridgewater is the artist-in-residence for this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival.
Mar 23, 2020 4:37 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival, set to run Labor Day weekend, announced its 2020 lineup Monday.
“True to our mission,…
Singer and composer Gregory Porter will launch a podcast titled The Hang on Aug. 8.
Aug 1, 2019 4:45 PM
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter soon will launch a weekly podcast titled The Hang. Each episode will…
Vocalist Gregory Porter performs at the Funchal Jazz Festival, which ran July 11-13, in Madeira, an archipelago southwest of Portugal.
Jul 22, 2019 12:11 PM
Madeira is a volcanically formed, mountainous archipelago of sweeping hillsides and winding streets chockablock with…
Singer Gregory Porter’s One Night Only–Live At The Royal Albert Hall will be released as a digital album and digital concert film on Nov. 30, and it will be released as a CD/DVD package on Dec. 21.
Nov 25, 2018 9:33 PM
In 2017, singer Gregory Porter explored the work of one his primarily influences on the acclaimed album Nat “King”…
Vocalist Gregory Porter is among the performers for the inaugural Life Luxe Jazz Experience, which runs Nov. 1-4 in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Feb 20, 2018 11:45 AM
Life Luxe Jazz Experience, a festival located in Los Cabos, Mexico, has announced its inaugural line-up.
In addition…
Gregory Porter will release Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me on Blue Note Records Oct. 27.
Feb 19, 2019 10:19 AM
Grammy-winning vocalist Gregory Porter has a long history with vocal legend Nat “King” Cole, dating back to…
Odean Pope (left) leads his sax choir on June 16 during the Captialbop DC Jazz Series in Washington, D.C.
Jun 29, 2017 8:22 AM
Every noteworthy jazz festival finds its groove. That groove is the delicate balance of titilating festivalgoers with…
Chick Corea performs at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival in Florida on May 28.
Jun 7, 2017 11:51 PM
This year’s Jacksonville Jazz Festival, newly centralized in the downtown area, marked a welcome reset for the…
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…
Antonio Sanchez performed with his band Migration at the 2016 Funchal Jazz Festival, which took place July 14–17 in Madeira, Portugal.
Jul 20, 2016 3:52 PM
For such a compact soirée, the Funchal Jazz Festival throws a mighty punch. Under the guidance of Artistic Director…
Gregory Porter (left) and Emanuel Harrold perform on June 29, the opening night of the 2016 Montreal Jazz Festival.
Jul 8, 2016 12:22 PM
On Wednesday afternoon, I bumped into Gregory Porter, an unmistakable presence, in the elevator of the Hyatt Regency in…
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