Jun 10, 2020 9:30 AM
Jazz In Brief
Armstrong House: Pianist Jason Moran is set to curate Here To Stay, a permanent exhibit at the Armstrong Center, an…
Jason Moran extends his connection to gallery spaces at the Armstrong Center in Corona, Queens.
Jun 10, 2020 9:30 AM
Armstrong House: Pianist Jason Moran is set to curate Here To Stay, a permanent exhibit at the Armstrong Center, an…
In late May, The California Clipper, a Chicago club that hosted local jazz, announced its closure.
Jun 10, 2020 9:14 AM
The National Independent Venue Association says that up to 90 percent of its members in the United States could close…
Linda May Han Oh and Fabian Almazan have used the Crowdcast platform to livestream performances from their home in New York.
Jun 9, 2020 8:50 AM
We are currently “living in unprecedented times.”
Pundits have drummed this phrase into our collective psyche…
Guitarist Leni Stern expands her trio to a quartet with the addition of pianist Leo Genovese on her upcoming album, 4.
Jun 8, 2020 9:26 AM
There’s a vastness to the music that guitarist Leni Stern’s worked on since the 1980s.
It comes, in part, from…
Pianist Jarrett Cherner and vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles and are set to stream a Friday performance.
Jun 8, 2020 8:23 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Arturo O’Farrill expands his pool of collaborators on Four Questions, the bandleader’s first album-length offering of original material.
Jun 5, 2020 8:57 AM
Arturo O’Farrill is no stranger to making complex artistic statements or critiquing systemic social problems. Given…
Spike Wilner, proprietor of the New York venue Smalls, recently began hosting shows at his club for the first time since the pandemic hit.
Jun 4, 2020 8:57 AM
Compared to the other casualties of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, it barely registers in media coverage and the…
Chick Corea is set to issue the double album Plays (Concord Jazz) on Aug. 28.
Jun 3, 2020 8:42 AM
Hearing Chick Corea in any setting, it’s apparent that his interests and influences range beyond the music that…
New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan said he once saw John Cage and Louis Armstrong perform on the same night.
Jun 3, 2020 8:41 AM
Master improvisers can turn on a dime. So, when keyboardist Darrell Lavigne called Kidd Jordan in early March to set up…
Thundercat is a second-generation product of the Los Angeles jazz scene: Drummer Ronald Bruner Sr., his father, gigged with saxophonist Rickey Washington, father of Kamasi Washington.
Jun 2, 2020 8:21 AM
Across four full-length efforts, Thundercat has pushed jazz into unknown territories. The bassist, though, remains…
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