Jan 10, 2018 10:28 AM
Mitchell Takes Homage to Winter Jazzfest
For flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell, Gwendolyn Brooks is a “huge inspiration.”
Aside from her prolific…
Nicole Mitchell is this year’s artist-in-residence at Winter Jazzfest in New York.
Jan 10, 2018 10:28 AM
For flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell, Gwendolyn Brooks is a “huge inspiration.”
Aside from her prolific…
Jazzmeia Horn channeled Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan at the Umbria Jazz festival during December.
Jan 9, 2018 11:25 AM
Just after twilight Dec. 28 on the ground floor of the 14th-century Palazzo del Popolo, when the last note of the…
Harold Mabern (from left), Wes Montgomery, Arthur Harper and Jimmy Lovelace perform at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France on March 27, 1965.
Jan 8, 2018 2:46 PM
Guitarist Wes Montgomery’s legendary 1965 concert in Paris has been released under many titles, yet it had never been…
The Cuneiform Records team poses with a few copies of DownBeat magazine.
Jan 5, 2018 10:42 AM
Cuneiform Records, a Silver Springs, Maryland, label that’s released hundreds of jazz and experimental albums…
Alicia Hall Moran and Thomas Flippin perform at Gavin Brown’s enterprise in New York.
Jan 4, 2018 3:58 PM
Almost nothing on Here Today, the second full-length from vocalist Alicia Hall Moran, comes as expected. The opening…
Drummer and percussionist Milford Graves has embraced unorthodox styles in both jazz and martial arts. A new documentary about his work has set its international debut.
Jan 3, 2018 4:20 PM
The new film Milford Graves Full Mantis is as much a visual poem as it is a documentary.
The film—which examines not…
Roswell Rudd (1935–2017)
Jan 2, 2018 2:21 PM
The jazz world recently bid farewell to trombonist Roswell Rudd, singer Keely Smith and vocalist/educator Kevin…
The original lineup of The Bad Plus—Reid Anderson (from left), David King and Ethan Iverson—played its final show on Dec. 31 at New York’s Village Vanguard.
Jan 2, 2018 11:21 AM
New Year’s Eve was an end for many things; and so it was for The Bad Plus.
After 17 years, pianist Ethan Iverson was…
The new album by pianist Martial Solal (left) and saxophonist Dave Liebman is Masters In Bordeaux.
Jan 1, 2018 6:48 PM
By the time Dave Liebman first made his mark in the early 1970s, as the saxophonist and flutist in Miles Davis’…
Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber’s new album is titled The Music In The Night.
Jan 1, 2018 6:39 PM
Not long ago, Rahsaan Barber was talking with some friends about his new album of standards, The Music In The Night.…
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