Apr 12, 2016 1:27 PM
Collaborative Spirit Prevails at Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival
One of the hallmarks of the annual Big Ears Festival, held each spring in Knoxville, Tennessee, is collaboration. This…
Marc Ribot (left) and Joe Henry perform at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 1. (Photo: Bill Foster/Big Ears Festival)
Apr 12, 2016 1:27 PM
One of the hallmarks of the annual Big Ears Festival, held each spring in Knoxville, Tennessee, is collaboration. This…
The Last Word On First Blues, the first-ever box set of Ginsberg’s singer-songwriter recordings, is due out May 20 on Omnivore Recordings (Photo: Courtesy omnivorerecordings.com)
Apr 11, 2016 7:52 AM
In 1971, Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and folk singer Bob Dylan collaborated on a little-known recording project with poet…
River Guerguerian (left), Chris Rosser and Eliot Wadopian are Free Planet Radio (Photo: Jesse Kitt)
Apr 11, 2016 5:53 AM
Asheville, North Carolina, may seem like an unlikely place for a world jazz trio to be flourishing, but Free Planet…
Resonance is issuing a previously unreleased studio album recorded by pianist Bill Evans (1929–’80) with his trio in 1968. (Photo by German Hasenfratz/Courtesy of Andreas Brunner-Schwer)
Apr 8, 2016 11:59 AM
The term “lost session” has been overused, but it is certainly appropriate for the new release by iconic pianist…
Caetano Veloso (left) and Gilberto Gil will release Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live on April 8 via Nonesuch Records. (Photo: Courtesy of the artists)
Apr 8, 2016 8:08 AM
A pair of legendary Brazilian songwriters—who just so happen to be lifelong friends—will appear together on a…
Apr 8, 2016 7:04 AM
Vocalist Cyrille Aimée has made a strong impression on the international jazz scene over the past year and a half. The…
Leyla McCalla (Photo: Courtesy leylamccalla.com)
Apr 7, 2016 12:56 PM
Leyla McCalla is a Haitian-American folksinger, cello player, banjoist and songwriter. She picked up the cello when she…
Branford Marsalis (left) and Kurt Elling will release the album Upward Spiral via Marsalis Music/OKeh Records on June 10. (Photos: Courtesy DL Media)
Apr 7, 2016 12:24 PM
Things are looking up for saxophonist Branford Marsalis and vocalist Kurt Elling, who will add a shared title to their…
Chico Freeman will release Spoken Into Existience, his first domestic release in nearly a decade, on May 13 (Photo: Marcel Meier)
Apr 6, 2016 1:15 PM
After living and working in Europe for the last decade, saxophonist and AACM member Chico Freeman will return to the…
Christian McBride performs as part of the Mack Avenue SuperBand at the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival (Photo: Doug Coombe)
Apr 6, 2016 11:36 AM
When strong, individually driven jazz players gather under the umbrella of an organizational agenda, such as a road…
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