Oct 28, 2025 10:40 AM
Dino Saluzzi: La Vida de Musicos
In some way, the sublime new album by venerable bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi, El Viejo Caminante, is a family affair…
Dino Saluzzi, center, flanked by José Maria Saluzzi, left, and Jacob Young.
Oct 28, 2025 10:40 AM
In some way, the sublime new album by venerable bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi, El Viejo Caminante, is a family affair…
Allan Harris, seated, with his band at the Blue Llama in Ann Arbor, Michigan: from left, Jay White, Sylvia Cuenca, Alan Grubner and John Di Martino.
Oct 28, 2025 10:36 AM
With 17 records to his name, including his newest live record, The Poetry Of Jazz, seasoned New York vocalist,…
Blake betrayed little emotion even as his hands were a blur of paradiddles, cross-sticking and double-stroke rolls. But beneath the surface, emotion was lurking.
Oct 28, 2025 10:30 AM
Closing out his Oct. 7 set at Ronnie Scott’s, Johnathan Blake invoked his father, violinist John Blake, who, he…
Sullivan Fortner (left), Tyler Bullock and Esteban Castro, honorees of the inaugural Gilmore Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Awards.
Oct 21, 2025 11:54 AM
Midway through a trio tour last March en route to Atlanta for a concert in Spivey Hall, pianist Sullivan Fortner took a…
“That is Heaven right here on Earth,” said vocalist Faye Carol of Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington.
Oct 21, 2025 11:41 AM
A San Francisco Bay Area hero for many decades, singer-educator Faye Carol has interpreted songs culled from numerous…
Trumpeters Ashlin Parker (left), Freddie Hendrix, Jon Faddis, Corey Wilkes and Maurice Brown perform with pianist Matthew Fries, bassist Carlo De Rosa and drummer Keith Hall during the Oct. 11 summit.
Oct 21, 2025 11:33 AM
It’s been over seven years since the passing of the now-revered trumpeter Roy Hargrove. The composing bandleader had…
“I’m self-taught, an autodidact as they call it,” said composer Gregg Hill.
Oct 21, 2025 11:24 AM
At a recent performance at the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, bassist Rodney…
Next Jazz Legacy is a national apprenticeship and mentorship program designed to elevate emerging jazz improvisers.
Oct 21, 2025 11:21 AM
New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice have announced the opening of applications for the…
Craig Taborn joins recent jazz-musician MacArthur Fellows Tomeka Reid (2022), Cécile McLorin Salvant (2020), Mary Halvorson (2019) and Tyshawn Sorey (2017).
Oct 14, 2025 2:34 PM
Pianist, keyboardist and composer Craig Taborn has received many accolades over his 30-plus-year career, but none quite…
“I try to be the same person on stage that I am always. … It’s like why I said I’ve written my name the same way I’ve always had since the sixth grade,” says Isaiah J. Thompson.
Oct 14, 2025 2:29 PM
Pianist Isaiah J. Thompson is on the road, answering a video call from his hotel room in Victoria, a quaint city on…