Aug 30, 2022 3:01 PM
In Memoriam: Jaimie Branch, 1983–2022
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch, whose music reflected a boundless imagination and remarkable technique, died Aug. 22 at her…
Branch’s music reflected a boundless imagination and remarkable technique.
Aug 30, 2022 3:01 PM
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch, whose music reflected a boundless imagination and remarkable technique, died Aug. 22 at her…
An all-star cast from 2019’s New York City Winter JazzFest.
Dec 21, 2021 12:54 PM
If COVID cooperates, there will be a live New York City Winter JazzFest, and it will be spectacular.
Scheduled for…
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, one of 52 grant recipients, received $40,000 to return to his hometown in North Carolina and create a music work space .
Oct 19, 2021 3:41 PM
South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization, awarded $2 million in grants in October to support jazz musicians…
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch—along with bassist Luke Stewart and altoist Devin Brahja Waldman—is set to stream a Thursday performance.
Jan 27, 2021 9:53 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Vocalist Alicia Hall Moran is set to interpret portions of the Motown catalog during a Friday streaming performance.
Jan 8, 2021 11:21 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Terri Lyne Carrington, who topped three categories in the 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll, is the first female instrumentalist to win the Jazz Artist of the Year category.
Jul 6, 2020 5:39 PM
Trailblazing drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington has made history numerous times in her career, and the…
Mark DeClive-Lowe performs Feb. 19 at The Star Theater in Portland as part of the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival.
Mar 23, 2020 1:13 PM
The Biamp PDX Jazz Festival has undergone a number of changes during the past 15 years: The retirement of longtime…
Band Housing was among the performers at the Parisian Sons d’hiver festival, which ran Jan. 17–Feb. 8.
Feb 14, 2020 12:38 PM
Sons d’hiver, the two-week music event that takes place in the suburbs south of Paris each winter, “is not a jazz…
Jaimie Branch’s approach to visual scores developed further while writing music for her latest album, Fly Or Die II.
Oct 11, 2019 9:24 AM
Jaimie Branch wants to hear music that breathes. The trumpeter-composer out of Chicago, and now based in New York,…
At New York’s Winter Jazzfest on Jan. 12, Allison Miller co-leads an ensemble with pianist Carmen Staaf at Subculture.
Jan 18, 2019 11:05 AM
On display at New York’s Winter Jazzfest is not only a variety of styles, repertoires, concepts and generations, but…
Mary Halvorson performs at JazzFest Berlin, which ran Nov. 1-4 in Berlin, Germany.
May 30, 2019 2:08 PM
A festival is supposed to be too much of a good thing. An overabundance, for example, of garlic in Gilroy, California,…
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch is scheduled to play International Anthem in Paris, a label showcase set for early November.
Oct 8, 2018 12:12 PM
Trumpeter Jaimie Branch’s impulsive, free-spirited nature gives her music life, movement and excitement in ways that…
Pianist Ramsey Lewis performs at the Chicago Jazz Festival on Sept. 1.
Sep 11, 2018 12:04 PM
Although singer Dianne Reeves’ set was cut short by a thunderstorm and alto saxophonist Maceo Parker proclaimed early…
Pharoah Sanders performs June 10 at City Winery during the DC Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C.
Jul 12, 2018 6:40 PM
Since its founding in 2005, the DC Jazz Festival has pursued an expansive vision: not just in terms of musical styles,…
Ambrose Akinmusire and Kris Davis perform in New York at Vision Festival, which ran May 23-28.
Jul 5, 2018 4:34 PM
“The bad guys, the expletive, blanket-y blanks—those guys are busy messing up our lives,” Vision Festival founder…
Makaya McCraven performs as part of the International Anthem Summer Showcase at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York on June 12.
May 25, 2018 4:16 PM
On June 12, the Chicagoans invaded New York. That’s when (Le) Poisson Rouge held a showcase for International Anthem…
