Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Blindfold Test: Buster Williams
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
Pianist Joey Alexander is set to stream a performance on Friday.
(Photo: Meredith Truax)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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Sept. 28: DC JazzFest (Maimouna Youssef, Herb Scott, Frédéric Yonnet and The Band With No Name)
Sept. 28: Ari Hoenig Quartet
Sept. 28: Happy Hour Hang with Gretchen Parlato
Sept. 29: Cha Wa
Sept. 29: Michael Feinberg Quintet release show
Sept. 30: Hiromi & Stefano Bollani
Sept. 30: Barry Stephenson release show
Sept. 30: Will Calhoun Changing Times Trio
Sept. 30: Sylvie Courvoisier Trio
Oct. 1: Catherine Russell Trio
Oct. 1: James Carter Organ Trio
Oct. 1: John Ellis
Oct. 1: Herb Alpert Is ... documentary
Oct. 2: Joey Alexander
Oct. 2: Louis Hayes Cannonball Legacy Quartet
Oct. 2: María Grand & Amirtha Kidambi
Oct. 2: Bobi Céspedes
Oct. 3: José James, Taali
Oct. 3: James Francies
Oct. 3: Louis Hayes Cannonball Legacy Quartet
Oct. 3: Luke Stewart + Leila Bordreuil: Works for Feedback Ensemble
Oct. 3: Ravi Coltrane/Matt Garrison/Marcus Gilmore
Updated Oct. 2
“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…
Butcher Brown, clockwise from top left: Marcus Tenney, DJ Harrison, Morgan Burrs, Corey Fonville and Andrew Randazzo. (Keyboardist Harrison couldn’t make the gig, so special guest Jacob Mann sat in with the band at the Reno Jazz Festival.)
Aug 19, 2025 12:41 PM
The band known as Butcher Brown has enjoyed the last half-decade basking in the glow from the twin engines of critical…
This year’s Jazz em Agosto set by the Darius Jones Trio captured the titular alto saxophonist at his most ferocious.
Aug 26, 2025 1:31 PM
The organizers of Lisbon, Portugal’s Jazz em Agosto Festival assume its audience is thoughtful and independent. Over…
