Nov 12, 2024 1:03 PM
2025 Grammy Nominees Announced
The official 2025 Grammy nominations have been announced with a slate of 94 categories. Here, we’ll focus on jazz and…
Pianist Sullivan Fortner is one of this year’s nominees for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
Nov 12, 2024 1:03 PM
The official 2025 Grammy nominations have been announced with a slate of 94 categories. Here, we’ll focus on jazz and…
Kenny Barron leads his long-running trio featuring Kiyoshi Kitagawa and Johnathan Blake.
Jul 31, 2024 12:44 PM
This August, Newport Jazz Festival celebrates 70 years. What began in 1954 with a single cardboard soundstage at…
“My dad is always going to be a part of me and my music, especially since I still have so many manuscripts of his to explore,” says Johnathan Blake, who notes that he too has much more to explore.
Jan 31, 2024 3:31 PM
For Johnathan Blake, every record is an act of remembrance. Over the past two decades, the Philadelphia-born and New…
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,…
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…
Bassist William Parker (shown here), pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Bobby Kapp are set to stream a Thursday performance.
Aug 24, 2020 9:33 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Mette Rasmussen, shown here performing at Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in 2018, is set to stream a performance on Monday.
Jul 30, 2020 9:31 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Kurt Elling’s latest recording finds the vocalist collaborating with pianist Danilo Pérez. Secrets Are The Best Stories (Edition) is set for release April 3.
Mar 2, 2020 5:11 PM
Kurt Elling’s work as a vocalist and poet-cum-lyricist always has exerted depth; vocal frippery isn’t his style.…
Kenny Barron will release a three-disc set of duets with the late Mulgrew Miller on Oct. 18. The 76-year-old pianist and bandleader also has a trio project in the works with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Johnathan Blake.
Sep 30, 2019 2:52 PM
Last year, Blue Note released Kenny Barron’s leader debut for the label: Concentric Circles, a tour de force for…
Johnathan Blake takes musical cues from his late father, John Blake Jr., a violinist who performed with McCoy Tyner and Archie Shepp.
May 7, 2019 9:40 AM
It’s a biting-cold January day in Manhattan.
The wind howls around corners and between the buildings with…
BOP Trio, which comprises bassist Linda May Han Oh (from left), drummer Johnathan Blake and saxophonist Chris Potter, recently played Giant Step Arts’ opening event, a two-night run at Manhattan’s Jazz Gallery.
Feb 5, 2018 2:13 PM
It’s hard to think of a jazz photographer with a more personal and identifiable pictorial personality than Jimmy Katz,…
