Feb 15, 2017 9:35 AM
Wadada Leo Smith Launches CREATE Festival April 8-9
Acclaimed trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has inhabited many roles throughout his prolific career: improviser, recording…
Wadada Leo Smith is the organizing force behind the CREATE Festival, a two-day celebration of creative music that will take place in New Haven, Connecticut, April 8-9.
Feb 15, 2017 9:35 AM
Acclaimed trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has inhabited many roles throughout his prolific career: improviser, recording…
Miles Mosley performed at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 28.
Feb 14, 2017 4:38 PM
For the last dozen years, the West Coast Get Down has been a collective of supremely versatile Los Angeles musicians,…
Thundercat, aka Stephen Bruner, performs at The Independent club in San Francisco on Feb. 12.
Feb 14, 2017 4:04 PM
Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner began his much anticipated 21-city, 23-date North American tour on Feb. 12 at The…
Al Jarreau (1940–2017)
Feb 13, 2017 5:54 PM
Jazz vocalist Al Jarreau died in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, surrounded by family and friends. He was 76. About a week…
John Scofield won two Grammy awards on Feb. 12.
Feb 13, 2017 1:01 PM
Guitarist John Scofield, reedist/bandleader Ted Nash and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Jacob Collier are among the…
Diana Krall’s new album, Turn Up The Quiet, will be released by Verve on May 5.
Feb 10, 2017 5:44 PM
Fans of Diana Krall have two huge reasons to celebrate: a new album and a world tour. The album, Turn Up The Quiet,…
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…
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