May 26, 2026 11:08 AM
Sonny Rollins Passes Away at 95
Sonny Rollins, the iconic saxophonist, composer and improviser whose career stretched from the origins of bebop to 21st…
Anat Cohen is set to stream a Jazz House Kids presentation on Wednesday.
(Photo: Lee Whiteman/Freihofer’s Saratoga Springs Jazz Festival)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
Dec. 14: Becca Stevens/Elan Mehler Album Release
Dec. 14: Rodney Green’s Jackson Miller
Dec. 15: Nona Hendryx/Tariq Al-Sabir
Dec. 15: Gabriel Guerrero QUΔΠTUM Trio
Dec. 15: Frank Lacy Septet
Dec. 16: Jim Ridl
Dec. 16: Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project
Dec. 16: Anat Cohen (An Introduction To Choro)
Dec. 17: Emmet Cohen Trio
Dec. 17: Lucinda Williams
Dec. 17: End-Of-Year Livestream Concert With The Jazz Gallery All-Stars
Dec. 17: Eric Wyatt Trio
Dec. 17: JD Parran/Dave Ross/Warren Smith (Postponed)
Dec. 18: Jonathan Finlayson
Dec. 18: A Night At The Savoy With Jamison Ross
Dec. 18: The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Dec. 18: Ole Mathisen/Matt Garrison/Marko Djordjevic
Dec. 18: Sacha Perry & Renaud Penant
Dec. 18: Peter Zak Trio
Dec. 18: The Marco Pignataro Jazzet With Strings
Dec. 18: Kenny Barron
Dec. 18: David Hazeltine Trio
Dec. 19: Jazz At Lincoln Center Big Band Holidays
Dec. 19: Django a Gogo Festival
Dec. 19: Eric McPherson Quartet
Dec. 19: Cyrus Chestnut & Dezron Douglas
Dec. 19: Claudia Acuña Trio
Dec. 19: Kenny Barron
Dec. 19: David Hazeltine Trio
Dec. 19: Carla Marciano Quartet
Dec. 20: Bobby Hutcherson, A Living Legacy Presented By Stefon Harris And Joe Locke
Dec. 20: Carol Morgan Quartet
Dec. 20: Alex Norris Quintet
Updated Dec. 18
Onstage, Rollins would move about restlessly, thrusting his tenor sax in the air as he blew.
May 26, 2026 11:08 AM
Sonny Rollins, the iconic saxophonist, composer and improviser whose career stretched from the origins of bebop to 21st…
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