Apr 9, 2024 11:30 AM
Jazz Emerges as Essential Component of Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival
Big Ears, the annual four-day music celebration that first took place in 2009 in Knoxville, Tennessee, could well be…
Henry Threadgill performs with Zooid at Big Ears in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Apr 9, 2024 11:30 AM
Big Ears, the annual four-day music celebration that first took place in 2009 in Knoxville, Tennessee, could well be…
2024 NEA Jazz Masters Amina Claudine Myers, Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard and Willard Jenkins.
Apr 9, 2024 10:53 AM
The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will…
Duane Davis (left), Oscar Hernandez and Terri Lyne Carrington at this year’s JEN Conference in New Orleans.
Apr 9, 2024 10:24 AM
There are times when you listen to jazz musicians reveal the stories behind their lives and careers, and you can’t…
Albert “Tootie” Heath (1935–2024) followed in the tradition of drummer Kenny Clarke, his idol.
Apr 5, 2024 10:28 AM
Albert “Tootie” Heath, a drummer of impeccable taste and time who was the youngest of three jazz-legend brothers…
Benjamin possessed a fluid, round sound on the alto saxophone, and he was often most recognizable by the layers of electronic effects that he put onto the instrument.
Apr 2, 2024 12:59 PM
Casey Benjamin, the alto saxophonist, vocalist, keyboardist and producer who stamped his distinctive sounds on the…
David Murray and his trio mates engage in a visceral yet sensitive blowout at this year’s Vossa Jazz Festival.
Apr 2, 2024 12:47 PM
Last year, the Vossa Jazz Festival in Western Norway officially joined the rare ranks of jazz fests at 50. It is an…
Exhibitions showcasing Bennett’s historic collection will be mounted at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco April 8–10 and the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame in New York April 10–16, leading up to the April 18–19 gala and auction.
Apr 2, 2024 12:13 PM
The music memorabilia auction house Julien’s Auctions has announced “Tony Bennett: A Life Well Lived,” an…
The three-LP set marks the first time Rollins’ complete recorded performances at the Village Vanguard on Nov. 3, 1957, will be made available in a single vinyl package. The collection is also available as a two-CD set and on all digital formats.
Apr 2, 2024 11:35 AM
Blue Note Records has released Sonny Rollins’ A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters, a special Tone…
“I’m also at a point in my life where I don’t feel like I have anything to prove, like at all,” Akinmusire says about his art.
Mar 26, 2024 12:45 PM
At the risk of oversimplifying and romanticizing the story, Ambrose Akinmusire came bursting on the jazz scene at the…
On The Hidden World Of Piloo, Rovatti pays tribute to her father.
Mar 26, 2024 12:38 PM
It’s been 20 years since the release of Under The Hat, Ada Rovatti’s confidently swinging 2003 debut featuring…
