Feb 2, 2017 11:31 AM
Festival Miami Salutes Dizzy’s Latin Side
In the tropical garden otherwise known as the University of Miami, a handful of jazz stars from the Dizzy Gillespie…
Jon Faddis (left) performs with the University of Miami concert big band under the direction of John Daversa at Festival Miami on
Feb 2, 2017 11:31 AM
In the tropical garden otherwise known as the University of Miami, a handful of jazz stars from the Dizzy Gillespie…
Trombone Shorty has signed with Blue Note Records. He will release his debut album for the label in April.
Feb 1, 2017 12:11 PM
Trombone Shorty has signed with Blue Note Records and will make his debut for the label this April ahead of his…
Eddie Gomez (left), Eliot Zigmud and Bill Evans form the trio featured on On A Monday Evening (Fantasy Records), a new album of unreleased material recorded at the University of Wisconsin in 1976.
Jan 31, 2017 2:36 PM
In the mid-1970s, jazz pianist Bill Evans was at the pinnacle of his career, releasing a string of seminal albums on…
Carlos Henriquez (pictured) helmed an octet celebrating the Latin side of Dizzy Gillespie at Jazz at Lincoln Center from Jan. 26–28.
Jan 31, 2017 10:56 AM
Aside from his role as one of the primary architects of bebop, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was one of jazz’s…
George Cables (left) and Joe Lovano take part in a tribute concert to vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson on Jan. 28 in New York City. Hutcherson, who died in August 2016, would have turned 76 this year.
Jan 30, 2017 4:23 PM
A standing-room-only crowd filled the underground sanctuary of midtown Manhattan’s St. Peter’s Church to…
The Jazz at Lincoln Center performs an homage to Dizzy Gillespie during the “Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie” concert series, which ran from Jan. 26-28 at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jan 30, 2017 11:14 AM
Between Jan. 26 and 28, Jazz at Lincoln Center devoted its three performing spaces to programs exploring the legacy of…
Dave Liebman (left) and Joe Lovano pay tribute to their friend and colleague, the late Michael Brecker, at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Jan. 25.
Jan 27, 2017 12:54 PM
On Jan. 25, 10 years and 12 days after the iconic tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker died of myelodysplastic syndrome,…
Mike Allen
Jan 27, 2017 9:58 AM
Throughout his career, Western Canadian Music Award-winning saxophonist Mike Allen has resided in multiple cities,…
Lee Konitz’s Frescalalto will be available digitally on Feb. 10.
Jan 26, 2017 3:24 PM
Alto saxophone jazz master and 2015 DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee Lee Konitz teams up with pianist Kenny Barron,…
Thundercat will release, Drunk, his third studio album, on March 10.
Jan 25, 2017 3:05 PM
Raise your glasses, jazz fans. Bassist and producer Thundercat, aka Stephen Bruner, will release his third full-length…
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