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…
Johnaye Kendrick is set to stream a performance with her quartet on Friday.
(Photo: Courtesy of Artist)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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Oct. 19: Happy Hour Hang with Darcy James Argue
Oct. 19: Joe Farnsworth Trio
Oct. 20: A Conversation with Wynton Marsalis, Ken Burns and Dr. Carla Hayden
Oct. 20: Alto Madness: Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration with Charles McPherson and Donald Harrison
Oct. 20: Lezlie Harrison Group
Oct. 21: Hiromi & Avishai Cohen
Oct. 21: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Oct. 21: Bob Mintzer
Oct. 21: Rudy Royston’s Flatbed Buggy
Oct. 21: Lafayette Harris/Lonnie Plaxico
Oct. 21: Son Little
Oct. 21: Freddie Hendrix Quartet
Oct. 22: Christian Sands Duo
Oct. 22: Lucinda Williams
Oct. 22: Wynton Marsalis in Conversation with Jon Batiste
Oct. 22: Amy Denio & Tarik Abouzied
Oct. 22: Ayesha Brooks/Wayne Horvitz/Ha Yang Kim
Oct. 22: Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet
Oct. 22: Bruce Harris Quartet
Oct. 22: James Francies
Oct. 23: Joel Ross’ Who Are You Album Release Concert
Oct. 23: Bootsy Collins album release
Oct. 23: Mario Pavone & His Dialect Trio
Oct. 23: George Cables Quartet
Oct. 23: Kurt Elling
Oct. 23: Charles Lloyd Ocean Trio
Oct. 23: Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
Oct. 23: Hitomi Oba Quartet
Oct. 23: Roy Ayers
Oct. 23: Johnaye Kendrick Quartet
Oct. 23: Tarbaby
Oct. 23: Taj Mahal Quartet
Oct. 23: Hayes Greenfield/Dean Johnson
Oct. 23: Ant Law
Oct. 23: Rick Germanson Trio
Oct. 23: Muriel Anderson
Oct. 23: Ravi Coltrane Quartet
Oct. 24: Joe Lovano’s Joyous Encounter
Oct. 24: George Cables Quartet
Oct. 24: Roy Ayers
Oct. 24: Makaya McCraven
Oct. 24: Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
Oct. 24: John Hollenbeck
Oct. 24: Veronica Swift
Oct. 24: Jazzmania 2020 by Nashville Jazz Workshop
Oct. 24: Vincent Herring: Bird at 100
Oct. 24: Ravi Coltrane Quartet
Oct. 25: Houston Jazz Festival: Message From Bu
Oct. 25: Christian Euman
Oct. 25: Roy Ayers
Oct. 25: Gary Smulyan Plays Alec Wilder
Oct. 25: Marina Albero Trio
Oct. 25: David Gibson Quintet
Oct. 25: The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Festival
Oct. 26: The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Festival
Updated Oct. 23
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.’”
Feb 3, 2025 10:49 PM
In the April 1982 issue of People magazine, under the heading “Lookout: A Guide To The Up and Coming,” jazz…
The Old Country: More From The Deer Head Inn arrives 30 years after ECM issued the Keith Jarret Trio live album At The Deer Head Inn.
Jan 21, 2025 7:38 PM
Last November, Keith Jarrett, who has not played publicly since suffering two strokes in 2018, greenlighted ECM to drop…
“With jazz I thought it must be OK to be Black, for the first time,” says singer Sofia Jernberg.
Jan 2, 2025 10:50 AM
On Musho (Intakt), her recent duo album with pianist Alexander Hawkins, singer Sofia Jernberg interprets traditional…
“The first recording I owned with Brazilian music on it was Wayne Shorter’s Native Dancer,” says Renee Rosnes. “And then I just started to go down the rabbit hole.”
Jan 16, 2025 2:02 PM
In her four-decade career, Renee Rosnes has been recognized as a singular voice, both as a jazz composer and a…
