Dec 17, 2024 9:58 AM
Tabla Master Zakir Hussain, 73, Succumbs to Illness
Tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain, one of India’s reigning cultural ambassadors and a revered figure worldwide…
SFJAZZ is set to stream duo performances by pianist Kenny Barron on Friday.
(Photo: Philippe Lévy-Stab)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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Feb. 15: Imani-Grace Cooper
Feb. 15: The Lockdown Sessions, No. 33: Gerald Clayton, Kassa Overall, Sullivan Fortner, Kevin Sun, Tim Berne
Feb. 15: Herlin Riley/Tork
Feb. 15: Joe Farnsworth Trio
Feb. 16: The Willy Rodriguez Quintet
Feb. 16: No Land/Joanna Mattrey/Luke Stewart
Feb. 16: The Queens Streaming Winter Jazzfest
Feb. 16: Frank Lacy Group
Feb. 17: Jazz From The South American Perspective With Cayo Iturralde And Carlos Alban
Feb. 17: Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet
Feb. 18: Tarbaby
Feb. 18: Paquito D’Rivera & Alex Brown
Feb. 18: Gabrielle Stravelli Trio
Feb. 18: Sam Newsome/Hilliard Greene/Reggie Nicholson/Amir Bey
Feb. 18: Alex Goodman Quartet
Feb. 18: Ronnie Burrage/Camille Thurman/Nimrod Speaks/Alex Collins
Feb. 19: Kenny Barron Duos with Regina Carter, Eddie Henderson, Terri Lyne Carrington
Feb. 19: Mike Kuhl/Dave Ballou/Luke Stewart/John Dierker
Feb. 19: Kristen Lee Sergeant
Feb. 19: Mike Clark Trio
Feb. 20: William Hooker
Feb. 20: Arkadiy Figlin
Feb. 20: Bill Heid Trio
Feb. 20: Philip Harper Group
Feb. 20: Jonathan Barber And Vision Ahead
Feb. 21: Jason Marsalis And The K Love Experience
Feb. 21: Behn Gillece Quartet
“Watching people like Max Roach or Elvin Jones and seeing how they utilize the whole drum kit in a very rhythmic and melodic way and how they stretched time — that was a huge inspiration to me,” Hussain said in DownBeat.
Dec 17, 2024 9:58 AM
Tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain, one of India’s reigning cultural ambassadors and a revered figure worldwide…
“I love doing ballads,” Mike Stern says. “It’s just a part of me, some part of emotionally how I feel sometimes.”
Dec 3, 2024 12:52 PM
Stories of major shifts and rebirths among musicians during the past five years are common, from weathering the…
Queen Latifah extols Harlem and the Apollo Theater at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors.
Dec 12, 2024 1:58 AM
Cuban-American jazz trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval and Harlem’s Apollo Theater were among the honorees at the 2024…
“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…
Robertson had a penetrating, pliant sound with a remarkable softness at its center.
Dec 11, 2024 10:34 AM
Herb Robertson, a trumpeter and flugelhornist known for his wide-lens explorations of the avant-garde, died Dec. 10. He…
