Jan 24, 2017 12:59 PM
Zakir Hussain Honored with Achievement Award at SFJAZZ
Producing and presenting a multi-act show with limited rehearsal time and a broad repertoire can be a tricky…
Zakir Hussain (center, with tabla) performs with members of the Kronos Quartet members David Harrington (left), John Sherba, Hank Dutt and Sunny Yang at SFJAZZ in San Francisco on Jan. 18.
Jan 24, 2017 12:59 PM
Producing and presenting a multi-act show with limited rehearsal time and a broad repertoire can be a tricky…
Charles “Bobo” Shaw (bottom right), on the cover of his 1973 album Junk Trap with the Human Arts Ensemble. The drummer died Jan. 16 at 69.
Jan 17, 2017 3:40 PM
Charles “Bobo” Shaw, drummer and one of the founding members of the St. Louis-based Black Artists Group (BAG), died…
Noah Preminger began writing music for his new album on Election Day (Nov. 8), and he will release it digitally on Inauguration Day (Friday, Jan. 20).
Jan 16, 2017 5:17 PM
Saxophonist Noah Preminger will release an instrumental album of protest music, Meditations On Freedom (Dry Bridge…
Stick Men is the trio of bassist Tony Levin (left), guitarist Markus Reuter and drummer Pat Mastelotto.
Jan 13, 2017 8:11 PM
Stick Men—the trio of bassist Tony Levin (who plays stick), guitarist Markus Reuter and drummer Pat Mastelotto—is…
David Virelles (left) at Ravi Coltrane perform on Jan. 7 at Tishman Auditorium in New York City.
Jan 12, 2017 10:13 PM
Following a successful event at Winter JazzFest 2016, select artists from Manfred Eicher’s ECM label performed in an…
Nat Hentoff (1925–2017), seen here interviewing Quincy Jones
Jan 11, 2017 6:14 PM
Journalist Nat Hentoff, who wrote extensively on jazz and social issues, died Jan. 7 in his Manhattan home at age 91.…
Amina Claudine Myers performs at The New School’s 12th Street Auditorium on Jan. 6 during Winter Jazzfest.
Jan 11, 2017 4:09 PM
For all its eminence on the New York scene—the first jazz festival of the year, with over 150 acts across a dozen…
Kamasi Washington (foreground) and bassist Miles Mosely perform at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco on Jan. 8.
Jan 10, 2017 8:23 PM
Though Kamasi Washington is a proud native of South Central Los Angeles, the popular tenor saxophonist has a…
George Coleman (left) Eric Alexander and Adam Brenner perform at the Disability Pride NYC concert on Jan. 5.
Jan 9, 2017 6:45 PM
This year’s NYC Winter JazzFest, which includes several programs addressing the themes of political and social…
Dennis Coffey has a new album of previously unreleased material, recorded with a trio in 1968.
Jan 5, 2017 5:48 PM
In the 1960s Detroit established itself as a music industry hotbed for soul and r&b, with a thriving record label and…
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