Jul 21, 2020 2:49 PM
Supergroup Dinner Party Releases Debut
Friendships forged between young musicians can lead to magnificent collaborations. Sometimes those collaborations…
Dinner Party is the recorded collaboration of producer 9th Wonder, saxophonist Kamasi Washington, multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin and keyboardist Robert Glasper.
Jul 21, 2020 2:49 PM
Friendships forged between young musicians can lead to magnificent collaborations. Sometimes those collaborations…
Cousins James Carter and Regina Cater have reconnected during the pandemic.
Jul 21, 2020 8:55 AM
First came the coronavirus and then the killing of George Floyd, his neck fatally compressed under the knee of a…
Fay Victor is set for an online conversation Wednesday with another vocalist and improviser, Joan La Barbara, as a part of the The New School’s CoPA Conversations.
Jul 20, 2020 8:47 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Abigail Washburn and Béla Fleck have been livestreaming performances from their home in Nashville during the pandemic.
Jul 17, 2020 8:59 AM
Work and family gracefully coexist in the household of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn—married banjo players who…
Dorthaan Kirk, who retired from WBGO in 2018, is among the 2020 NEA Jazz Masters.
Jul 16, 2020 10:03 AM
A ceremony to honor the 2020 NEA Jazz Masters is set to take place online at 8 p.m. Aug. 20. The event will be MC’d…
Lisa Mezzacappa draws inspiration from author Italo Calvino for her new album, Cosmicomics.
Jul 16, 2020 6:40 AM
Lisa Mezzacappa doesn’t have to go looking for inspiration. It seems that inspiration finds her, thanks to an…
Saxophonist Russ Nolan’s new album is titled Sin Fronteras.
Jul 15, 2020 8:57 AM
The origin story of saxophonist Russ Nolan’s new album, the Pan-American-oriented Sin Fronteras, dates to 2007, five…
Antibalas focuses on the songwriting of its vocalist, Duke Amayo, for Fu Chronicles, an album that marks the ensemble’s 20th anniversary.
Jul 14, 2020 9:00 AM
Despite marking two decades as a band, Antibalas recently released its first album that digs deep into…
Reedist Scott Robinson is set to stream a set via the Smalls website Friday alongside pianist Helen Sung, bassist Martin Wind and drummer Peter Van Nostrand.
Jul 13, 2020 9:00 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Terence Blanchard—who won a Grammy in the category Best Instrumental Composition for “Blut Und Boden (Blood And Soil),” a work featured in Spike Lee’s 2018 movie BlacKkKlansman—composed the score for the filmmaker’s latest effort, Da 5 Bloods.
Jul 10, 2020 8:23 AM
In the pantheon of collaborative triumphs, musical partnerships like Billie Holiday and Lester Young or Miles Davis and…
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