Feb 10, 2017 2:27 PM
Charles Mingus High School Competition & Fest Returns to NYC
The Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival will return to New York City for its ninth edition Feb. 17–…
Feb 10, 2017 2:27 PM
The Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival will return to New York City for its ninth edition Feb. 17–…
Branford Marsalis (left) and Kurt Elling pose for a photo at the Chicago Symphony Center, where they performed with Marsalis’ quartet on Jan. 27.
Feb 9, 2017 4:07 PM
Chicago Symphony Center patrons responded to the surprise match-up of the Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kurt Elling by…
Balázs Bágyi (right), president of the Hungarian Jazz Association, performs with his New Quartet during the Hungarian Jazz Showcase and Talent Exchange, which ran Feb. 3–5.
Feb 9, 2017 1:43 PM
Hungary staked its claim as jazz capital of Central Europe February 3–5 as the arts center Müpa…
An all-star cast gathers at the JEN Conference. Front row, seated from left: Victor Wooten, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Coffin, Johnny Vidacovich, Stanton Moore, Branford Marsalis (standing), David Paich, Caleb Chapman, Rubén Alvarez, Howard Levy, Rashawn Ross and Randy Brecker with Caleb Chapman’s Crescent City Super Band.
Feb 8, 2017 5:57 PM
The 8th annual Jazz Education Network Conference had a little more glide in its stride this year when more than 4,000…
Jon Hendricks (left) will be on hand at St. Peter’s Church to witness the world premiere of his vocalese re-scoring of music from the 1957 LP Miles Ahead on Feb. 17 in New York.
Feb 7, 2017 5:04 PM
Almost 50 years in the making, Jon Hendricks’ vocalese re-scoring of Miles Ahead, the seminal Miles Davis/Gil Evans…
New album releases from Lee Konitz (left), Eddie Palmieri and Thundercat will enliven the season’s jazz offerings.
Feb 7, 2017 8:20 AM
Several new releases by artists young and old will help lift the winter blues. Album announcements from alto saxophone…
Eddie Palmieri, who turned 80 on Dec. 15, will release Sabiduria, his first album since 2006, on Ropeadope Records on April 21.
Feb 6, 2017 5:07 PM
Pianist Eddie Palmieri turned 80 years old on Dec. 15, 2016, and the pioneering keyboardist wants to celebrate his…
Alphonse Mouzon (1948–2016)
Feb 6, 2017 4:32 PM
Drummer-producer-entrepreneur Alphonse Mouzon, who died on Dec. 25 after a long illness, will be remembered as a…
Kenny Barron (left), Reggie Workman, Al Foster and Jimmy Heath participate in a memorial ceremony for bassist Bob Cranshaw at St. Peter’s Church in New York City on Jan. 30.
Feb 3, 2017 2:40 PM
New York’s St. Peter’s Church was packed to the rafters on Jan. 26. Dozens of spectators crowded into the venue’s…
Billy Hart (second from left), performs at Upstairs in Montreal with bassist Rémi LeBlanc, trombonist Jean-Nicolas Trottier and pianist Jean-Michel Pilc.
Feb 3, 2017 1:59 PM
There was magic at Montreal’s Upstairs Bar & Grill throughout the last weekend of January, when veteran drummer and…
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