Feb 6, 2024 1:59 PM
Immediacy Meets Intensity at NYC Winter Jazzfest
Crisscrossing dozens of venues, in multiple New York neighborhoods, presenting smart lineups and thoughtful creative…
Mary Halvorson expanded her hollowbody guitar to match her imaginative foot-pedal-assisted forays at this year’s NYC Winter Jazzfest.
Feb 6, 2024 1:59 PM
Crisscrossing dozens of venues, in multiple New York neighborhoods, presenting smart lineups and thoughtful creative…
From left: Mike Bindraban from Good Music Company moderates a panel on the universality of jazz with Nduduzo Makhathini, esperanza spalding and Shabaka during Jazz Congress.
Feb 6, 2024 1:40 PM
The New York jazz scene had a busy Martin Luther King Day weekend. Indeed, one could attend a daylong international…
Tony Cedras: 1952–2024
Feb 6, 2024 1:07 PM
Multi-instrumentalist Tony Cedras died in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 29. He had been suffering from chronic…
“My dad is always going to be a part of me and my music, especially since I still have so many manuscripts of his to explore,” says Johnathan Blake, who notes that he too has much more to explore.
Jan 31, 2024 2:57 PM
For Johnathan Blake, every record is an act of remembrance. Over the past two decades, the Philadelphia-born and New…
“I like to just click on songs that touched me and see if I could do them in a personal way — especially if it’s a well-known song,” Alpert said about selecting material for his new album.
Jan 31, 2024 2:48 PM
In 2020, writer and director John Scheinfeld released the feature documentary Herb Alpert Is … . “I liked it, but I…
“Everybody thought I was smooth when I was growing up, so they called me ‘silky,’” Sean Mason says. The Southern Suite, his new album, proves it.
Jan 31, 2024 2:39 PM
Pianist-composer Sean Mason lives in New York — he moved there in 2018 to attend Juilliard — but he remains deeply…
Steven Lugerner and Ross Eustis put their experience in the non-profit world into creating Slow & Steady Records.
Jan 31, 2024 2:28 PM
In the land of 1,001 tech startups, Steven Lugerner and Ross Eustis decided to launch a record label.
Founded in…
“One of the first things I checked out heavily when I got serious about playing music was Weather Report’s Heavy Weather,” Payton says of his early influences.
Jan 23, 2024 12:35 PM
There was a time, back in the mid-’90s, when trumpeter Nicholas Payton was being hyped as a Young Lion on the scene.…
Emmet Cohen, right, with one of his heroes, Houston Person.
Jan 23, 2024 12:24 PM
Emmet Cohen’s first DownBeat Blindfold Test transpired on the only day in September that didn’t involve traveling…
“Jazz Icons: A Fine Romance” will present world premieres by renowned choreographers Jessica Lang and Dwight Rhoden.
Jan 23, 2024 12:10 PM
The Washington Ballet will present a spellbinding blend of ballet and jazz music featuring two highly anticipated world…
