Apr 29, 2025 11:27 AM
Charleston, Hersch & a Shared Song Cycle
Projects produced during the pandemic are hardly in short supply. But few are as pointed, or as poignant, as Suspended…
“It’s my hope that this song cycle brings about a sense of connection and shared experience,” says Rondi Charleston about her new project with Fred Hersch.
Apr 29, 2025 11:27 AM
Projects produced during the pandemic are hardly in short supply. But few are as pointed, or as poignant, as Suspended…
“I am a musician born and raised in this country with the sound of the seas and landscapes that I carry with me,” says Giannouli of her Greek upbringing.
Apr 29, 2025 11:24 AM
While virtually unknown in the U.S., Tania Giannouli, born and based in Athens, stars as a genre-defying jazz piano…
Mathias Eick is a trumpeter of serious tone and substance.
Apr 29, 2025 11:08 AM
There’s something about ECM records. No matter who the artist is, they never seem to be in a hurry. Don’t mistake…
“It’s really nice to have some kind of vision and feel like it has come to life,” says Vasandani.
Apr 22, 2025 12:09 PM
It was just another week in the organically genre-blurry life of singer Sachal Vasandani. On a Tuesday night in…
The 2025 NEA Jazz Masters
Apr 22, 2025 12:02 PM
The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will…
The Allstars, from left: Elgin Park, Aaron Redfield, Robert Walter, Chris Stillwell and Karl Denson.
Apr 22, 2025 11:55 AM
As jazz groups with history and internal legacies go, the San Diego, California-based band The Greyboy Allstars can’t…
Davis was a two-time Grammy winner for liner notes.
Apr 22, 2025 11:50 AM
Francis Davis, an august jazz and cultural critic who won both awards and esteem in print, film and radio, died April…
Crowds chill at the John Coltrane Jazz & Blues Festival in North Carolina.
Apr 16, 2025 9:34 PM
If great art is made in chaos, get ready for some killer festivals this year. In digging into the 2025 festival scene…
Vancouver International Jazz Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary this summer.
Apr 16, 2025 9:30 PM
During seven glorious days in June 1986, a fledgling jazz festival in Vancouver, Canada, burst into the consciousness…
David Froman (left) and Don Lucoff, co-founders of the Denver Jazz Fest.
Apr 16, 2025 9:26 PM
From sisters Tia Fuller and Shamie Royston, Kneebody co-founders Shane Endsley and Kaveh Rastegar and the late Ron…
