Jun 14, 2023 9:15 AM
Collier, Collaborators Deliver Dazzling ‘Memoirs’
Audiences today hunger for interdisciplinary art. That notion was vividly illustrated by the crowd’s response to the…
Isaiah Collier leads his band, The Chosen Few, through a program of reimagined standards to accompany the South Chicago Dance Theatre during the world premiere of Memoirs of Jazz in the Alley.
Jun 14, 2023 9:15 AM
Audiences today hunger for interdisciplinary art. That notion was vividly illustrated by the crowd’s response to the…
“The big thing was having multiple sections, ideas that develop slowly over time and don’t stray too far from an initial core idea,” Smith says of Return To Casual.
Jun 13, 2023 12:32 PM
Walter Smith III finds compositional inspiration in unexpected — and amusing — places. As an example, consider the…
Blanchard will lead SFJAZZ’s artistic programming and creative direction.
Jun 13, 2023 12:14 PM
SFJAZZ has appointed Terence Blanchard as executive artistic director. In the new position, Blanchard will lead the…
Live At Mezzrow captures Sheila Jordan’s nuance, grace and soulful swing.
Jun 13, 2023 11:54 AM
Cellar Music Group and SmallsLIVE Foundation will release a new live album by vocalist Sheila Jordan on July 15. Titled…
Jun 13, 2023 11:22 AM
Joni Mitchell’s triumphant return to the stage on July 24, 2022, at the Newport Folk Festival will be featured on a…
“When I picked up the accordion, my musical world expanded instantly,” says Rosenblum.
Jun 13, 2023 11:20 AM
Composer, pianist, accordionist and bandleader Ben Rosenblum’s musical purview is, by nature, a worldly one. Although…
“The way I keep myself being original is by not listening to other recorded music,” Pascoal says.
Jun 6, 2023 1:37 PM
Hermeto Pascoal, the Brazilian-born multi-instrumentalist/composer/orchestrator, is one of the world’s most prolific…
Recorded live in Australia, The Jungle features the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (above) alongside the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Jun 6, 2023 12:14 PM
Blue Engine Records has released The Jungle, the fourth symphony by Wynton Marsalis, on all major streaming platforms.…
“I’m just trying to write from a calm place,” Laubrock says of her latest work.
Jun 6, 2023 11:39 AM
The lines between jazz and classical used to be more stark, but they were never seamless — even before composer and…
“There’s a certain passion and energy I play with that I never understood until I went to Ukraine,” Friesen says.
Jun 6, 2023 11:29 AM
When David Friesen accompanied reed man Paul Horn on his historic 1983 tour to the Soviet Union, the eclectic Portland…
