Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Southern California Fires Hit the Jazz Community
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
Dee Dee Bridgewater performs at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco during September 2017.
(Photo: SFJAZZ)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.
A fee is associated with some of the material listed here, and several items have been sourced from WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center. DB
Aug. 31: Lafayette Gilchrist & Kevin Pinder
Aug. 31: Ari Hoenig Quartet
Aug. 31: Warren Wolf
Sept. 1: Joe Magnarelli Quartet
Sept. 1: Champian Fulton Quartet
Sept. 1: Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson
Sept. 2: Dave Kikoski Quartet
Sept. 3: Omer Avital Septet
Sept. 3: FreeJazz Works in a Time of Crisis (TA Thompson/Cooper-Moore/Ken Filiano)
Sept. 3: Chicago Jazz Festival
Sept. 4: George Cables Trio
Sept. 4: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Sept. 4: Pharoah Sanders
Sept. 4: Kenny Werner Trio
Sept. 4: Chris Lightcap Quartet
Sept. 4: Dee Dee Bridgewater: Horace Silver Tribute
Sept. 4: Keyon Harrold Quartet
Sept. 4: Chicago Jazz Festival
Sept. 4: Detroit Jazz Festival
Sept. 5: Steve Turre Sextet
Sept. 5: George Cables Trio
Sept. 5: Melissa Aldana Quartet
Sept. 5: Keyon Harrold Quartet
Sept. 5: Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things
Sept. 5: Alex Skolnick Trio
Sept. 5: Chicago Jazz Festival
Sept. 5: Detroit Jazz Festival
Sept. 6: Dee Alexander
Sept. 6: Jon Roche Sextet
Sept. 6: Chicago Jazz Festival
Sept. 6: Detroit Jazz Festival
Updated Sept. 3
Gerald and John Clayton at the family home in Altadena during a photo shoot for the June 2022 cover of DownBeat. The house was lost during the Los Angeles fires.
Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
“She said, ‘A lot of people are going to try and stop you,’” Sheryl Bailey recalls of the advice she received from jazz guitarist Emily Remler (1957–’90). “‘They’re going to say you slept with somebody, you’re a dyke, you’re this and that and the other. Don’t listen to them, and just keep playing.’”
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“If you don’t keep learning, your mind slows down,” Coleman says. “Use it or lose it.”
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PolyTropos/Of Many Turns — the title for Steve Coleman’s latest recording on Pi and his 33rd album overall —…
