Feb 22, 2022 11:42 AM
Russian Jazz Star Igor Butman Celebrates 60 in Style
Former President Bill Clinton has called him “my favorite living saxophone player.” Wynton Marsalis, a longtime…
Igor Butman played two huge concerts in Russia to celebrate his birthday.
Feb 22, 2022 11:42 AM
Former President Bill Clinton has called him “my favorite living saxophone player.” Wynton Marsalis, a longtime…
Charlie Sepúlveda is planning to restart the Luquillo Beach Jazz Festival on a larger scale.
Feb 22, 2022 11:38 AM
The morning after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, trumpeter Charlie Sepúlveda looked around his town of…
McBride’s ambition was to honor Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X.
Feb 14, 2022 10:27 PM
Christian McBride helped commence the Kennedy Center’s Black History Month celebration on Feb. 4 with a rousing…
Artifacts, from left: Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed and Tomeka Reid, at Estrada Poznanska in Poland.
Feb 14, 2022 10:18 PM
Back in January 2021, the world was in deep lockdown and the jazz trio Artifacts performed a concert to a nearly empty…
Caroline Davis didn’t share the concept of Portals with her fellow artists before they went into the studio.
Feb 14, 2022 10:16 PM
When she entered Oktaven Audio in 2020, Caroline Davis brought with her the enormity of a shapeshifting grief. The…
Tierney Sutton, right, and Serge Merlaud.
Feb 9, 2022 6:00 AM
Vocalist Tierney Sutton has released a beautiful new ballad, “I Knew I Loved You.” It’s the first single from…
The Cookers are, from left, George Cables, Billy Hart, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Billy Harper and Cecil McBee.
Feb 8, 2022 12:12 PM
In July 2020, four months after COVID-19 locked down the world, The Cookers entered Van Gelder Studio to record Look…
New Orleans readies for this year’s return of the Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Feb 8, 2022 12:05 PM
There was a lot riding on the 37th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, where tens of thousands of music…
The Fred Hersch Trio playing at the Jazz Forum in New York.
Feb 8, 2022 12:02 PM
Vulnerability is part and parcel of Fred Hersch’s pianism. But on the night of Jan. 28, with a potentially hazardous…
Rosanna Vitro tapped legends like Sheila Jordan to join her in tribute to Charlie Parker.
Feb 8, 2022 11:58 AM
Roseanna Vitro is a Grammy-nominated vocalist, a member of the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame, a jazz ambassador for the…
