Oct 28, 2025 10:47 AM
In Memoriam: Jack DeJohnette, 1942–2025
Jack DeJohnette, a bold and resourceful drummer and NEA Jazz Master who forged a unique vocabulary on the kit over his…
Pianist Omar Sosa has announced his tour of Europe and the United States for late winter and early spring.
Dates for the tour are as follows:
Feb. 21: Croydon Clock Tower, London (Trio with Martha Galarraga & Gustavo Ovalles)
Feb. 27: Espace Senghor, Brussels (Trio)
March 6 & 7: Sala Clamores, Madrid (Trio)
March 11: Salle Nougaro, Toulouse, France (Quintet with Galarraga, Ovalles, El Houssaine Kili & MC Breis)
March 14: Theatre Municipal, Fontenay Le Comte, France (Quintet)
March 18 & 19: L’Ermitage, Paris (Omar Sosa & the New VJ Ensemble with Ovalles, and from London, VJs Marc Silver & Nick Hillel)
March 22: L’Art-Chipel, Basse Terre, Guadaloupe (Quintet)
March 29: Les Swing de Mars, Dreux, France (Quintet)
April 10: Jazz a Commercy, Commercy, France (Trio)
April 18 & 19: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (Omar Sosa & the New VJ Ensemble with Ovalles, VJs Silver & Hillel, plus special guests Yassir Chadly, Stephen Kent & Brutha Los)
April 20: Theater on High Street, Los Angeles (Trio)
April 21 & 22: Dakota Bar & Grill, St. Paul, Minn., (Quintet with Martha Galarraga, Gustavo Ovalles, Geoff Brennan & Eric Crystal)
April 23: Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Quintet)
April 24: Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Mass. (Trio)
April 25: Real Art Ways, Hartford, Conn. (Trio)
April 26: Joe’s Pub, New York City (Trio)
May 3: Calvin Simmons Theater, Oakland, Calif. (Special collaboration with Dimensions Dance Theater)
For show times and ticket prices, check out the web site www.melodia.com.
Jack DeJohnette boasted a musical resume that was as long as it was fearsome.
Oct 28, 2025 10:47 AM
Jack DeJohnette, a bold and resourceful drummer and NEA Jazz Master who forged a unique vocabulary on the kit over his…
“Think of all the creative people I’m going to meet and a whole other way of thinking about music and a challenge of singing completely different material than I would have sung otherwise to my highest level in dedication to the moment,” Elling says about his Broadway run.
Sep 9, 2025 1:18 PM
Kurt Elling was back at home in Chicago, grabbing some family time in a late-June window between gigs. Sporting a smile…
Pat Metheny will perform with his Side-Eye III ensemble at Big Ears 2026 in Knoxville, Tennessee, next March.
Sep 9, 2025 12:19 PM
Big Ears has announced the lineup for its 2026 festival, which will take place March 26–29 and include 250…
“[That’s] the thing of the beboppers,” Bradford said. “These guys were important for not only playing that wonderful music, but they knew a sort of social stance, you see?”
Sep 9, 2025 1:07 PM
It was a calm, balmy, near-perfect evening in Westwood, California, not far from UCLA, in the expansive courtyard at…
Esperanza Spalding closed an audacious Chicago Jazz Festival set with “Endangered Species.”
Sep 9, 2025 11:50 AM
The 45th Chicago Jazz Festival kicked off its headline events with two erudite individuals, Esperanza Spalding and…
