Mar 2, 2026 9:58 PM
In Memoriam: John Hammond Jr., 1942–2026
John P. Hammond (aka John Hammond Jr.), a blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American…
The 2007 New York City Winter Jazzfest will be held on January 10 and 20, 2007, at the Knitting Factory. Each night’s concert is being presented to coincide with larger music industry conventions in town. The concerts on the 10th—billed as “Jazz Alternatives Showcase”—are on the same night as the International Association For Jazz Education conference. Concerts on the 20th are to run simultaneously with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference.
Perfomers on Jan. 10 include Antoine Herve, Greg Lamy, Gutbucket, Liberty Ellman, Mino Cinelu, Rudresh Mahanthappa and Slavic Soul Party. Featured acts on Jan. 20 are Charlie Hunter, Claudia Acuna, Henry Grimes and Jenny Scheinman.
For more information go to: knittingfactory.com
Hammond came to the blues through the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, which he experienced firsthand in New York’s Greenwich Village.
Mar 2, 2026 9:58 PM
John P. Hammond (aka John Hammond Jr.), a blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American…
“Cerebral and academic thought is a different way to approach music,” Flea says of his continuing dive into jazz. “I’ve always relied on emotion and intuition and physicality.”
Mar 30, 2026 10:30 PM
In the relatively small pantheon of certifiable rock stars venturing into the intersection of pop music and jazz, the…
Lettuce, from left: Eric Coomes, Adam Deitch, Ryan Zoidis, Eric Bloom, Adam Smirnoff and Nigel Hall
Feb 17, 2026 11:05 AM
They were Berklee misfits. Neither jazzy enough for the straightahead crowd at Boston’s highly prestigious College of…
New Orleans Trad Jazz Camp
Feb 19, 2026 10:39 AM
Jazz camps have exploded around the globe as a summertime tradition for working on your chops and making new friends.…
Lovers of the big band experience, clockwise from top left, John Clayton, Leigh Pilzer, Ted Nash, David Pietro and Christine Jensen.
Feb 10, 2026 11:00 AM
The popularity of big band music might have peaked in the 1930s and ’40s, but despite the many changes on the jazz…
