Dec 9, 2025 12:28 PM
In Memoriam: Gordon Goodwin, 1954–2025
Gordon Goodwin, an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.…
Goodwin was one of the most acclaimed, successful and influential jazz musicians of his generation.
Dec 9, 2025 12:28 PM
Gordon Goodwin, an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.…
Craig Taborn (left), Nels Cline and Marcus Gilmore turn a producer’s pet project into a jam for the ages.
Dec 9, 2025 12:16 PM
The art of the trio is a sturdy yet intimate, changeable and sometimes fragile phenomenon. Triangular geometry has its…
Lee Ritenour, right, with journalist Ashley Kahn, center, and pianist Greg Burk, who translated for the Italian audience.
Dec 9, 2025 12:04 PM
Genial and relaxed at 73, guitarist Lee Ritenour took time while on tour in Europe this summer to participate in his…
Kate Kortum, winner of the 14th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
Dec 9, 2025 11:57 AM
Kate Kortum was named the winner of the 14th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on Nov. 23.…
Tenors In Chaos will be among the artists performing at the inaugural Winter Jazzfest Tokyo on Feb. 7.
Dec 9, 2025 11:28 AM
New York’s Winter Jazzfest will be coming to Tokyo in the winter of 2026.
Founded in 2005 in Manhattan with the…
“Miles could hear so well that he could hear the future,” Bartz said..
Dec 2, 2025 2:10 AM
Resplendent in a shimmering gold jacket, his long gray locks kissed by the evening breeze, Gary Bartz was floating…
Flea has returned to his first instrument — the trumpet — and assembled a dream band of jazz musicians to record a new album.
Dec 2, 2025 2:01 AM
After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea has returned to his first…
“Beyonce’s doing it great, and Rihanna,” says Braxton Cook of balancing family and the demands of a music career. “But we got to make that cool amongst the dudes.”
Dec 2, 2025 1:45 AM
Braxton Cook, an alumnus of jazz trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah’s (formerly Christian Scott) band who went solo…
Souvik Dutta calls Abstract Logix his side hustle, one that allows him to work with some of the greatest fusion artists in the world.
Dec 2, 2025 1:44 AM
Growing up in Calcutta, Souvik Dutta had the usual exposure to Indian classical music in his home. “From the time I…
Hiromi delivered an exuberant performance of muscular piano playing.
Dec 2, 2025 1:36 AM
Back for its 34th edition on Nov. 14–23, the EFG London Jazz Festival was as vibrant and wide-ranging as ever,…
