Jun 16, 2017 8:18 AM
At Classical-Leaning Ojai Fest, Iyer Builds Bridges to Jazz
For several decades, the idyllic small town of Ojai, California, has been the annual site of one of America’s more…
Vijay Iyer (center) performs with the Brentano String Quartet on June 10.
Jun 16, 2017 8:18 AM
For several decades, the idyllic small town of Ojai, California, has been the annual site of one of America’s more…
Vocalist Bobby Carcassés, percussionist Yaroldy Abreu and bassist Esperanza Spalding perform Spalding’s composition “I Adore You” in Havana on April 30. The BET network will broadcast the concert Sunday (June 18) at 2 p.m. EST.
Jun 15, 2017 3:20 PM
If you weren’t fortunate enough to attend the 2017 International Jazz Day Concert in Havana, or if you didn’t watch the…
Still from the Jazz Institute of Chicago video about its Straight Ahead Jazz Camp, to be held July 17–21
Jun 15, 2017 12:46 PM
Enrollment is now open for the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Straight Ahead Jazz Camp, to take place July 17–21 at…
Herbie Hancock will teach his first ever online class exclusively with MasterClass.
Jun 15, 2017 8:34 AM
The online education platform MasterClass has announced today composer/keyboardist Herbie Hancock will teach his first…
Music by Fats Waller appears on The Savory Collection, Vol. 3.
Jun 14, 2017 1:25 PM
Jazz has always felt an acute discomfort in the close company of acceptance. For a music that takes pride in its…
Gary Clark Jr. performs at the Chicago Blues Fest on June 11.
Jun 13, 2017 1:09 PM
The Chicago Blues Festival rarely booked blues-rock stars such as Gary Clark Jr. in its 33 previous incarnations in…
The 2018 class of NEA Jazz Masters includes Dianne Reeves, Todd Barkan, Joanne Brackeen and Pat Metheny.
Jun 13, 2017 8:36 AM
Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, Todd Barkan and Joanne Brackeen have joined the ranks of the nation’s highest honor in…
Guitarist Dewa Budjana’s latest album is titled Zentuary.
Jun 9, 2017 9:54 PM
Indonesian guitarist Dewa Budjana can be viewed as a composite of Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth.…
Photos from the Sonny Rollins Archive at the August Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.
Jun 9, 2017 11:58 AM
Once or twice a week during his grade school years, Sonny Rollins, now 86, made the two-block walk to his local library…
Kahil El’Zabar (left), DavidMurray and Carmen Rothwell perform at Vision Fest in New York City on June 3.
Jun 8, 2017 10:25 PM
The 22nd-annual Vision Festival concluded June 3 with a pair of multidisciplinary performances debuting music by Trio 3…
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