Apr 16, 2018 10:25 AM
jazzahead! to Feature Innumerable Performances, Panels
April 19 marks the opening of jazzahead!’s trade fair in Bremen, Germany. The annual industry meeting features…
The German Jazz Expo, one of the showcases at this year’s jazzahead! in Bremen, Germany, aims to bolster the international visibility of performers from the festival’s home country.
Apr 16, 2018 10:25 AM
April 19 marks the opening of jazzahead!’s trade fair in Bremen, Germany. The annual industry meeting features…
Cecil Taylor—shown here performing in Cologne, Germany, in 1987—died April 5. He was 89.
Apr 13, 2018 1:30 PM
Trumpeter Eddie Gale only made one album—the legendary 1966 Unit Structures on Blue Note—with pianist Cecil Taylor,…
Manhattan Transfer, from left: Alan Paul, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel and Trist Curless
Apr 13, 2018 11:07 AM
Acclaimed vocal jazz group Manhattan Transfer is enjoying a new phase in its lengthy career. The band recently released…
Pianist Chick Corea is the artist-in-residence for the 39th annual Detroit Jazz Festival.
Apr 12, 2018 2:27 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival on Wednesday announced its lineup for the 2018 installment of the event, which runs Aug.…
When visiting Cerreto Sannita, the village in Italy where his grandfather grew up, guitarist Al Di Meola was greeted with a celebratory dinner in his honor.
Apr 12, 2018 10:51 AM
As he approaches his 64th birthday in July, guitarist Al Di Meola remains a road warrior.
Last fall, he went out…
On her upcoming album, Kait Dunton makes use of a variety of keyboards and effects.
Apr 11, 2018 10:00 AM
Onetime Snarky Puppy member, Kait Dunton is set to issue trioKAIT 2 on May 11 through Real & Imagined Music.
The…
Tutu Puoane had to be convinced to take on We Have A Dream, a project on which she interprets socially conscious compositions alongside the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.
Apr 10, 2018 6:07 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not just an American figure, he was an international hero.
His burning advocacy for…
Hardanger fiddler Nils Økland adds a special brand of minimalism to his indigenous Norwegian instrument while improvising as a member of the trio 1982.
Apr 10, 2018 2:48 PM
Versatile Danish drummer Kresten Osgood was getting busy during a solo gig at the Vossa Jazz Festival, deploying his…
Mike Casey’s Stay Surprising: Live At The Side Door will be posted piecemeal through November, when the album is set for released.
Apr 10, 2018 12:00 PM
Stay Surprising: Live At The Side Door, which is set for a November release, is saxophonist Mike Casey’s follow-up…
Pianist Yelena Eckemoff said her “task as a composer is to provide comprehensive music material to musicians who can both read and improvise.”
Apr 10, 2018 9:16 AM
Yelena Eckemoff is a Russia-born pianist whose idiosyncratic jazz albums speak to a classical sensibility, a taste for…
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