Jan 23, 2018 11:31 AM
Masekela Dies at 78
South African trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet player Hugh Masekela died Tuesday in Johannesburg, according to news…
Hugh Masekela (foreground) performs during the International Jazz Day 2015 Global Concert at UNESCO on April 30, 2015 in Paris, France.
Jan 23, 2018 11:31 AM
South African trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet player Hugh Masekela died Tuesday in Johannesburg, according to news…
Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen performs at the star-filled tribute to Geri Allen at Winter Jazzfest in New York.
Jan 22, 2018 2:11 PM
On the evening of Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 15, the New York City Winter Jazzfest hosted a splendid and heartfelt…
Herbie Hancock’s appearance on Austin City Limits is set to air nationally on PBS on Jan. 20.
Jan 19, 2018 2:33 PM
Herbie Hancock’s responsible for a few firsts in jazz and popular music. And now he’s recorded his debut appearance on…
Snarky Puppy will host the second GroundUp Music Festival in Miami on Feb. 9–11.
Jan 18, 2018 1:27 PM
Snarky Puppy is trading in its Brooklyn digs for a bit to head down to Miami for the second GroundUp Music Festival.
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Drummer Johnathan Blake will lead a trio during Giant Step Arts’ kick-off events, which are scheduled for Sunday and Monday at the Jazz Gallery in New York.
Jan 18, 2018 12:00 PM
Photographer and producer Jimmy Katz has founded a new nonprofit endeavor that will support jazz musicians.
Giant Step…
Ron Affif (left) and Mark Whitfield perform with Strings Attached at Zinc Bar as a part of Winter JazzFest
Jan 17, 2018 11:57 AM
Just as the Montreal International Jazz Festival, widely acknowledged as one of the biggest and most comprehensive…
Swiss-born drummer Jojo Mayer doesn’t want to player like robot, but he used to.
Jan 16, 2018 4:24 PM
The setting: Finland’s 36th annual Tampere Jazz Happening, which ran Nov. 2-5. Swiss-born drummer Jojo Mayer’s band…
Rez Abbasi’s Invocation performed Saturday at Zinc Bar as part of 2018’s Winter Jazzfest.
Jan 15, 2018 11:00 AM
If Winter Jazzfest acts as a kind of annual State of the Music address—and it does—then the ideal way to consume it…
Jason Moran’s autobiographical Thelonious Monk homage, “In My Mind,” found him in the company of a relatively large band at Italy’s Umbria Jazz.
Jan 15, 2018 8:00 AM
Although the 25th anniversary edition of Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto, Italy, celebrated hitting a milestone Dec. 28…
Bandleader Roy Hargrove recently finished a two-week stint at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase.
Jan 11, 2018 11:07 AM
Roy Hargrove has been ringing in the New Year at Joe and Wayne Segal’s Jazz Showcase for many years.
“About 20…
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