Sep 11, 2020 8:58 AM
What To Stream This Week
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Luke Stewart is set to stream a Thursday performance.
Sep 11, 2020 8:58 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Vocalist Dianne Reeves is among the jazz stars who will take part in an April 30 live-streamed concert to celebrate International Jazz Day.
May 1, 2020 8:46 AM
Vocalist Dianne Reeves, guitarist John Scofield, organist Joey DeFrancesco and saxophonist Igor Butman are among the…
John Scofield performs during a Beatles tribute at Umbria Jazz Winter in Italy.
Jan 21, 2020 4:12 PM
In contrast to the summer edition of the Umbria Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto, Italy, usually drives…
Herbie Hancock (left) and Evgeny Pobozhiy at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition on Dec. 4 in Washington, D.C.
Dec 4, 2019 8:32 PM
Evgeny Pobozhiy, a 30-year-old from Seversk, Russia, took first place at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz…
John Scofield performs with the Danish Radio Big Band on Oct. 24 during the Umeå Jazzfestival, which ran Oct. 23-27 in Umeå, Sweden.
Nov 3, 2019 4:24 PM
Perched about 400 miles above Stockholm, the cultured university town of Umeå hosted its namesake festival, curated by…
Drummer Roy Haynes (left) is presented with the Jazz Foundation of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award at CDFB Chelsea Studios in Manhattan during the nonprofit’s annual Loft Party on Oct. 19.
Nov 4, 2019 3:31 PM
High above the Hudson River, the Jazz Foundation of America hosted its 28th Annual Loft Party at CDFB Chelsea Studios…
John Scofield (left), Jack DeJohnette, Franco Ambrosetti, Uri Caine and Scott Colley at the recording session for Long Waves
Aug 8, 2019 9:20 AM
In a 1987 interview, Miles Davis sat down with a German journalist and discussed the differences between black and…
Guitarist John Scofield and his Combo 66 quartet recently wrapped up a run at New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club.
Dec 10, 2018 10:05 AM
John Scofield’s Combo 66 quartet was explosive during its second set at New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club on Dec. 2.
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For his latest album, Combo 66, guitarist John Scofield enlisted drummer Bill Stewart, pianist/organist Gerald Clayton and bassist Vicente Archer.
Dec 10, 2018 9:54 AM
It’s November 1982, and 30-year-old John Scofield is in Cleveland to audition for Miles Davis’ group. The Man With…
Amalia Obrębowska (from left), Mario Forte, Layth Sidiq and Gabriel Terracciano
Aug 2, 2018 9:02 AM
Poland recently hosted the Seifert Competition, which concluded with a gala concert on July 28. The winner of the third…
Saxophonist Joe Lovano (left), bassist Drew Gress, guitarist John Scofield and drummer Adam Nussbaum pay tribute to John Abercrombie at a recent performance in Brooklyn at Roulette.
Apr 30, 2018 12:22 PM
The line at Roulette went out the door, wrapped around the corner of Third Avenue and ran down Atlantic Avenue in…
John Scofield will perform at an all-star benefit concert at the Jazz Gallery on Nov. 1, with proceeds going to provide assistance to the people of Puerto Rico.
Oct 17, 2017 11:54 PM
Jazz musicians are coming to the aid of victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. The stellar level of musicianship at…
The supergroup Hudson—Larry Grenadier (left), John Medeski, Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield—made its New York debut at Jazz at Lincoln Center Oct. 6–7.
Oct 17, 2017 4:01 PM
The brainchild of NEA Jazz Master drummer Jack DeJohnette, the all-star amalgamation HUDSON, unites four of the most…
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…
John Medeski (left), Larry Grenadier, Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield perform as the collective Hudson on June 30 at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
Aug 1, 2017 11:07 AM
The Montreal Jazz Festival has earned a reputation for presenting some of the finer emerging acts in improvised music…
Glenn Zaleski (left), Melissa Aldana, Philip Dizack, Pablo Menares and Craig Weinrib perform at the San Francisco Jazz Festival on June 13.
Jun 20, 2017 4:20 PM
Before the SFJAZZ Center opened in January 2013, SFJAZZ’s flagship programming was its San Francisco Jazz Festival…
Matt Wilson’s new album Honey And Salt will be released August 25 on Palmetto Records.
Jun 2, 2017 10:20 PM
When Carl Sandburg died in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson hailed the famed poet as “more than the voice of…
John Scofield performed songs from 1976’s Blue Matter and 1996’s Quiet during a retrospective of his work at Jazz at Lincoln Center May 5–6.
May 10, 2017 10:21 PM
While still basking in the glow of his recent Best Jazz Instrumental Album Grammy win for Country For Old Men…
The members of Hudson (clockwise from top right) are Larry Grenadier, John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette and John Medeski.
Feb 17, 2017 4:08 PM
The new band Hudson includes four of the most acclaimed musicians in jazz: drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Larry…
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…
Fred Hersch was nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo and Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Dec 6, 2016 3:38 PM
Guitarist John Scofield and pianists Fred Hersch and Brad Mehldau are among the jazz artists nominated for multiple…
On John Scofield’s new album, Country For Old Men, the guitarist interprets classic country music tunes.
Oct 17, 2016 2:38 PM
John Scofield is known for pushing genre boundaries with his guitar, and his most recent foray into musical hybridity…
Wadada Leo Smith, whose double album America’s National Parks comes out Oct. 14, is among the artists who have fall releases.
Oct 17, 2016 9:56 AM
This fall, jazz fans can expect to add a few more items to their “must-listen” lists, as several noteworthy…
John Scofield in a still from a video on the making of Country For Old Men (Impulse!/Verve).
Aug 25, 2016 5:27 PM
Following his Grammy win in the category Best Instrumental Jazz Album for his 2015 recording, Past Present…
