Jan 31, 2023 11:51 AM
Tim Jackson To Step Down as MJF Artistic Director
Tim Jackson, long-time artistic director of the Monterey Jazz Festival, plans to leave his position at the end of…
The 2023 Monterey Jazz Festival will be Tim Jackson’s last as artistic director.
Jan 31, 2023 11:51 AM
Tim Jackson, long-time artistic director of the Monterey Jazz Festival, plans to leave his position at the end of…
Dee Dee, Kurt and Lakecia raise the roof.
Jan 31, 2023 11:45 AM
Vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Yasushi…
The inaugural class of the Next Jazz Legacy, from left: Kalia Vandever, Anastassiya Petrova, Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez, Keyanna Hutchinson, Loke Risberg, Alexis Lombre and Lexi Hamner.
Jan 31, 2023 11:32 AM
As the Next Jazz Legacy — an initiative created to provide a wide-ranging year-long apprenticeship program to support…
“One of our main goals is to invite people into the music who may not have known they liked jazz,” says Cohen.
Jan 24, 2023 11:59 AM
A pressing question is routinely faced by musicians deprived of live music outlets during COVID times: “What did you…
“In the pantheons of guitar players, Jeff was the chosen one,” said Steve Vai of the late Jeff Beck.
Jan 24, 2023 11:48 AM
One of an iconic triumvirate of ’60s rock guitar gods, along with Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck set the…
Terri Lyne Carrington curated the opening-night concert of New York’s Winter Jazzfest at City Winery.
Jan 24, 2023 11:38 AM
After a two-year hiatus imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, New York’s Winter Jazzfest returned to live performance…
Linda May Han Oh (left) and Jen Shyu perform at the Asia Society in New York on Jan. 12.
Jan 24, 2023 11:13 AM
Defining “jazz” may be a fool’s errand, but the people at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation are not fools.…
The premiere of “100 Dreams” featured a host of stars across the new music scene.
Jan 24, 2023 11:08 AM
Performing at Manhattan’s DiMenna Center for Classical Music, a spacious wood-paneled hall in the city’s Midtown…
“Often, the vibraphone can create this abstract, mellow mood,” says Marsalis, shown here with journalist Michael Jackson.
Jan 17, 2023 2:15 PM
Drummer/vibraphonist Jason Marsalis, in town with the New Orleans Groovemasters, took time for a listening session and…
“The gutbucket blues is really tribulation from stress and hard times,” King says.
Jan 17, 2023 2:04 PM
The elder statesmen of New Orleans blues — Little Freddie King and Guitar “Lightnin” Lee — are both…
