Apr 27, 2021 9:00 AM
Lake Street Dive Finds Beauty in Pop
Jazz educators frequently tell students that the ability to play numerous styles can be essential to making a living as…
The members of Lake Street Dive (clockwise from top left): Akie Bermis, Mike Calabrese, Bridget Kearney, Mike “McDuck” Olson and Rachel Price
Apr 27, 2021 9:00 AM
Jazz educators frequently tell students that the ability to play numerous styles can be essential to making a living as…
Hafez Modirzadeh
Apr 26, 2021 9:01 AM
Like generations of saxophonists, the teenage Hafez Modirzadeh first modeled himself on Charlie Parker. Now 58,…
The Sands Box
Apr 26, 2021 9:00 AM
It’s a HUGE streaming week with International Jazz Day and Jazz Month celebrations aplenty: Norah Jones chats with…
Apr 26, 2021 8:59 AM
Brazilian bassist and music producer Sérgio Brandão passed away on April 2 due to gastric interstitial complications,…
The Vocal Gumbo team: Lauren Kinhan (top left), Janis Siegel (bottom left) and Laurie Green.
Apr 19, 2021 10:00 AM
A pair of claves taps out the classic three-plus-two beat. Two jazz divas, each a member of a legendary jazz vocal…
Ramsey Lewis will play songs from his 1965 hit record The In Crowd.
Apr 19, 2021 9:55 AM
This week’s streams feature Ramsey Lewis playing songs from The In Crowd, a master class with Christian McBride, The…
Rubén Blades makes music beyond genres with Salswing!
Apr 19, 2021 9:50 AM
Rubén Blades, the Panamanian-born singer, actor and activist, continues his love of big band Latin jazz and salsa with…
Rez Abbasi
Apr 19, 2021 9:45 AM
Jazz artists Rez Abasi, Helen Sung and Elio Vilafranco have been awarded Guggenheim fellowships for 2021. They join 184…
Jazz stars will shine on Miami’s bayfront.
Apr 19, 2021 9:40 AM
The inaugural Bayfront Jazz Festival will take place at Miami’s Bayfront Park with live jazz on April 30 and May 1.…
The Chicago Cellar Boys provide the musical backdrop to this trip into the 1920s.
Apr 13, 2021 9:00 AM
Since the pandemic shut down most live performances, jazz presenters have sought innovative ways to approximate online…
