Apr 7, 2016 12:56 PM
Cellist Leyla McCalla’s Folk Music with Jazz Roots
Leyla McCalla is a Haitian-American folksinger, cello player, banjoist and songwriter. She picked up the cello when she…
Leyla McCalla (Photo: Courtesy leylamccalla.com)
Apr 7, 2016 12:56 PM
Leyla McCalla is a Haitian-American folksinger, cello player, banjoist and songwriter. She picked up the cello when she…
Branford Marsalis (left) and Kurt Elling will release the album Upward Spiral via Marsalis Music/OKeh Records on June 10. (Photos: Courtesy DL Media)
Apr 7, 2016 12:24 PM
Things are looking up for saxophonist Branford Marsalis and vocalist Kurt Elling, who will add a shared title to their…
Chico Freeman will release Spoken Into Existience, his first domestic release in nearly a decade, on May 13 (Photo: Marcel Meier)
Apr 6, 2016 1:15 PM
After living and working in Europe for the last decade, saxophonist and AACM member Chico Freeman will return to the…
Christian McBride performs as part of the Mack Avenue SuperBand at the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival (Photo: Doug Coombe)
Apr 6, 2016 11:36 AM
When strong, individually driven jazz players gather under the umbrella of an organizational agenda, such as a road…
David Baker (left) with Quincy Jones in May 2010
Apr 5, 2016 11:48 AM
Dr. David Baker, a renowned jazz composer and educator, passed away on March 26 at his home in Bloomington, Indiana. He…
Apr 5, 2016 11:43 AM
Columbia/Legacy will commemorate the 90th birthday of Miles Davis with the release of Everything’s Beautiful, a…
Apr 5, 2016 11:40 AM
Sarah Vaughan is still packing them in—based, at least, on the crowd drawn to Newark Symphony Hall, where, on March 29…
Ethan Hawke portrays trumpeter Chet Baker in the biopic Born to be Blue, which was released by IFC Films.
Apr 5, 2016 11:35 AM
Robert Budreau’s semi-fictional Chet Baker biopic, Born to Be Blue, covers the trumpeter’s life from the mid-1950s…
Tony Malaby (seen here in a press photo) performed with three ensembles at Elastic Arts in Chicago on March 24–25.
Apr 5, 2016 11:32 AM
There was a time in jazz when all roads led to New York. Tenor and soprano saxophonist Tony Malaby took that road when…
Robert Glasper (pictured) will partner with journalist Ashley Kahn to teach a course on Miles Davis at New York University in September (Photo: Courtesy of the artist)
Apr 5, 2016 10:22 AM
Grammy Award-winning keyboardist Robert Glasper and journalist Ashley Kahn will teach a course on the music and legacy…
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