Apr 18, 2017 5:22 PM
With Boost from Album Launch, Eubanks Soars at Birdland
Kevin Eubanks’ brand of celebrity is a rare commodity in the jazz world. Rooted in the peculiar familiarity bred by a…
Kevin Eubanks released the album East West Time Line (Mack Avenue) on April 7.
Apr 18, 2017 5:22 PM
Kevin Eubanks’ brand of celebrity is a rare commodity in the jazz world. Rooted in the peculiar familiarity bred by a…
John Dorhauer (center) leads the Heisenberg Uncertainty Players in a performance of “We Tear Down Our Coliseums” at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois, on April 1.
Apr 18, 2017 3:38 PM
On the eve of Major League Baseball’s 2017 opening day, composer John Dorhauer and his brother Adam Dorhauer, a…
Vijay Iyer (left) and Tyshawn Sorey at Q2 in New York on April 13.
Apr 17, 2017 3:59 PM
Q2 Music, a multi-platform home for musical discovery dedicated mostly to modern classical composition, hosted a…
Kenny Barron and bassist Dave Young perform in an Oscar Peterson tribute concert at Symphony Center on April 7. Todd Rosenberg
Apr 14, 2017 12:09 PM
The evening of April 7 saw a rare procession of mainstream piano mastery cross the stage of Symphony Center in…
Ingebrigt Håkaer Flaten (left), Mette Rasmussen and Torbjörn Zetterberg perform at the Vossa Jazz Festival in Voss, Norway.
Apr 13, 2017 4:28 PM
My first, and lasting, musical impression of Norway’s Vossa Jazz Festival, a fascinating Nordic-centric event, came…
Percussionist Christopher Deviney arranged three pieces from the 1997 album Pat Metheny album Imaginary Day for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Apr 12, 2017 1:50 PM
Whether through the use of layered synths or the one-man symphony of his mechanical Orchestrion, Pat Metheny has long…
Eric Allen and Dave Lisik chronicle the history of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in their new book.
Apr 11, 2017 5:32 PM
Over the phone from his Chicago home, saxophonist-arranger Eric Allen related a recent discussion with New…
Dave Holland, a newly named NEA Jazz Master, performs at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz.
Apr 11, 2017 3:59 PM
As he demonstrated time and again on the bandstand of the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California, on April 6,…
Lawrence Brownlee as the title character in Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD
Apr 10, 2017 3:51 PM
The great alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, (aka Yardbird, or Bird) is an attractive protagonist for an opera:…
Ruthie Foster’s new album, Joy Comes Back, was released March 24 on Blue Corn Music.
Apr 7, 2017 3:09 PM
If you’re not smiling as you listen to Ruthie Foster’s new album, Joy Comes Back, then you might want to check the…
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