Aug 12, 2025 10:24 AM
Vocalist Sheila Jordan Dies at 96
Sheila Jordan, a vocalist who was celebrated for her scatting and lyric-improvising abilities, died Aug. 11 at her home…
Allan Harris is among the performers planning to stream live sets this week.
(Photo: Sandrine Lee)As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a number of musicians are using online streaming services to connect directly with fans. We’ll keep a running tab for the week below.
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Daily: Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura
May 25: Jaleel Shaw
May 25: Emmet Cohen
May 26: The Eli Degibri Quartet
May 26: Allan Harris
May 26: Bobby Broom
May 26: Dave King
May 27: Jason Lindner
May 27: Akiko Tsuruga & Joe Magnarelli
May 27: Reggie Pace and NO! BS Brass Band
May 27: Orrin Evans
May 28: Jason Marsalis & the 21st Century Trad Band (Benny Goodman Edition)
May 28: Jamie Saft & Vanessa Saft
May 28: Eric Harland
May 28: Nicholas Payton
May 28: Jon Batiste
May 28: Damon Locks
May 28: Tomeka Reid
May 28: Nicole Mitchell
May 28: Jeff Parker
May 29: Lizzie Thomas & John Colianni
May 29: Arturo Sandoval
May 30: Edward Simon
May 30: Bill Frisell, Hannah Marks, Kassa Overall, Jen Shyu
May 30: Tamir Hendelman
May 30: Adam Deitch
May 30: Gretchen Parlato & Mark Guiliana
May 30: Ramsey Lewis
May 31: Champian Fulton
May 31: Ron Jackson
May 31: Rachel Therrien
May 31: Bria Skonberg
May 31: Geoff Keezer
May 31: Yotam Silberstein
May 31: Steven Feifke & Alexa Tarantino
Updated May 28
Jordan was a dyed-in-the-wool bebopper whose formative musical experiences were with Charlie Parker.
Aug 12, 2025 10:24 AM
Sheila Jordan, a vocalist who was celebrated for her scatting and lyric-improvising abilities, died Aug. 11 at her home…
“I don’t guess I’m going to excite you; I know I’m going to excite you,” Palmieri said in an August 1994 DownBeat feature.
Aug 12, 2025 10:33 AM
Famed Latin jazz composer, bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri passed away in his New Jersey home on Aug. 6. He was…
“What I got from Percy was the dignity of playing the bass,” Buster Williams said of Percy Heath.
Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
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…
The Free Slave, Cosmos Nucleus and Sunset To Dawn: three classic Muse albums being reissued this fall by Timer Traveler Recordings.
Aug 26, 2025 1:32 PM
Record producer and “Jazz Detective” Zev Feldman has launched his next endeavor, the archival label Time Traveler…
