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…
Mette Rasmussen, shown here performing at Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in 2018, is set to stream a performance on Monday.
(Photo: Martin Morissette/FIMAV)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
July 27: Mette Rasmussen
July 27: Ari Hoenig Trio
July 27: Mingus Monday Live with Wayne Escoffery
July 27: Jonathan Finlayson
July 28: Julian Lage
July 28: Mako Sica with Tatsu Aoki
July 28: Frank Lacy Group
July 29: Joe Farnsworth Group
July 29: JAZZ HOUSE KiDS Wednesday Summer Sessions with Maria Schneider
July 29: Weather Report’s Heavy Weather performed by The Tim Seiser Sextet
July 29: Mara Rosenbloom/Melanie Dyer/Sam Newsome
July 30: Sae Hashimoto
July 30: Willerm Delisfort Project
July 30: Johnathan Blake
July 30: Scott Hamilton/Jan Lundgren Quartet featuring Ulf Wakenius
July 30: Nduduzo Makhathini (Jazz Coalition commission)
July 30: Alexa Tarantino featuring Riley Mulherkar
July 31: Fred Hersch Trio
July 31: Chris Walters
July 31: Wayne Shorter Celebration, Part 3
July 31: Dan Tepfer
July 31: Charlie Parker Tribute w/Thomas Fonnesbaek at Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival
Aug. 1: Fred Hersch Trio
Aug. 1: Oracle Blue
Aug. 1: Brandon Lee Lewis’ Program of Deprogramming
Aug. 1: Vijay Iyer, Eric Revis, Kokayi, Vanisha Gould
Aug. 1: Nils Landgren and Johan Norberg featuring Ida Sand
Aug. 2: Delfeayo Marsalis Keep NOLA Music Alive fundraiser
Aug. 2: Julius Rodriguez Trio
Aug. 2: Alexa Quarantino & Steven Lock and Feif-Key play The Beatles
Updated July 30
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…
