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…
Maria Schneider’s 1995 Monterey Jazz Festival commission Scenes From Childhood is streaming now.
(Photo: Cole Thompson)The summer livestream calendar has been slowing down, but here are five great events to check out online this week, including Maria Schneider as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival Evolution of a Groove series, Esperanza Spalding’s latest online single, the final days of this year’s Vision Festival, Ramsey Lewis doing The Beatles and the Litchfield Jazz Festival. DB
Available Now: Maria Schneider: Monterey Jazz Festival, Evolution of a Groove
Available Now: Esperanza Spalding, “Formwela 6” with Corey King
July 22–31: Vision Festival 25 (New York City)
July 31: Ramsey Lewis, The Beatles Songbook, Volume II
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…
Don and Maureen Sickler serve as the keepers of engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s flame at Van Gelder Studio, perhaps the most famous recording studio in jazz history.
Sep 3, 2025 12:02 PM
On the last Sunday of 2024, in the control room of Van Gelder Studio, Don and Maureen Sickler, co-owners since Rudy Van…
Trio aRT with its avalanche of instrumentation: from left, Pheeroan akLaff, Scott Robinson and Julian Thayer.
Sep 3, 2025 12:03 PM
Trio aRT, a working unit since 1988, shockingly released its very first studio recording this summer. Recorded in…
“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…
