Mar 28, 2019 8:55 AM
Premiere: Hear the Title Track from Melissa Aldana’s Upcoming Motéma Album, ‘Visions’
Drawn from a 2018 Jazz Gallery commission inspired by the life of artist Frida Kahlo, saxophonist and bandleader…
Melissa Aldana says that Visions connects her work “to the legacy of Latina artists who have come before me.”
Mar 28, 2019 8:55 AM
Drawn from a 2018 Jazz Gallery commission inspired by the life of artist Frida Kahlo, saxophonist and bandleader…
Artistic co-director Herbie Hancock speaks during the 2018 International Jazz Day in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Mar 27, 2019 11:25 AM
For two days in Melbourne, Australia, during April, International Jazz Day will celebrate the genre’s worldwide…
The entirety of Solo provides a deluxe reminder of Michael Rother’s impact on modern music.
Mar 27, 2019 9:00 AM
Though his résumé includes a long and varied solo career, Michael Rother’s work often has been discussed in…
For jazzahead! Overseas Night on April 27, U.S.-based bassist Linda May Han Oh is set to lead an ensemble that includes pianist Fabian Almazan, drummer Rudy Royston and saxophonist Greg Ward.
Mar 27, 2019 8:55 AM
Overseas Night at jazzahead!, a music festival and trade show in Bremen, Germany, is set to feature eight acts from…
Pianist Carla Bley leads a trio with bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 23.
Mar 26, 2019 10:45 AM
Pianist Carla Bley’s longtime trio with bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard is set to head into a…
Multi-instrumentalist Macie Stewart divvies up time between Ohmme and a batch of other projects.
Mar 26, 2019 9:00 AM
With time split among indie-rock band Ohmme, Chicago’s experimental jazz community and a perennial quest for her next…
Michael Wolff’s new release, Swirl, is his first leader date in nearly a decade.
Mar 25, 2019 9:00 AM
Michael Wolff’s father once shared with him a psychiatrist’s perspective on music and life: “Everyone who listens…
Drummer/vocalist Jamison Ross (left), vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, pianist and musical director Christian Sands, trumpeter/vocalist Bria Skonberg and bassist Yasushi Nakamura are performing on the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour.
Mar 22, 2019 3:07 PM
The Monterey Jazz Festival’s organized a national tour, which runs through April 14, to mark its 62nd anniversary.
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Angel Bat Dawid’s The Oracle splices together sonic fragments, spoken word and more.
Mar 22, 2019 9:00 AM
Angel Bat Dawid, a Chicago-based avant-garde composer, improviser and multi-instrumentalist, hails from seven…
Chicago percussionist and bandleader Kahil El’Zabar has a pair of recordings slated for release on Spiritmuse, a new UK imprint.
Mar 21, 2019 9:00 AM
For more than four decades, percussionist Kahil El’Zabar’s vision has embraced tradition and the future, the local…
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