Oct 12, 2017 4:16 PM
Art Ensemble, Braxton Lead Charge in Philadelphia’s ‘October Revolution’
The Philadelphia jazz community claimed its own revolution on the first weekend of October, showing a bit of hometown…
Anthony Braxton, seen here in a publicity photo, headlined the 2017 October Revolution, which took place in Philadelphia Oct. 5–8.
Oct 12, 2017 4:16 PM
The Philadelphia jazz community claimed its own revolution on the first weekend of October, showing a bit of hometown…
Lee Konitz performs at the Blue Note in New York City on Oct. 9. The concert was held in celebration of the saxophonist’s 90th birthday.
Oct 11, 2017 9:11 AM
Lee Konitz, a 2009 NEA Jazz Master and DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee for 2015, brought his empathetic band into the…
Rez Abbasi
Oct 9, 2017 2:25 PM
While most might associate guitarist Rez Abbasi with his quintet Invocation, there was another side to the artist on…
Gregory Porter will release Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me on Blue Note Records Oct. 27.
Oct 6, 2017 4:02 PM
Grammy-winning vocalist Gregory Porter has a long history with vocal legend Nat “King” Cole, dating back to…
Ropeadope Records will release a trio album and a quintet album by pianist Richard X Bennett on Oct. 6.
Oct 5, 2017 6:40 PM
Some artists incessantly grumble about the state of the music business, while others just keep creating music and then…
Linda May Han Oh released the album Walk Against Wind on Biophilia Records on April 14.
Oct 4, 2017 3:29 PM
Bassist Linda May Han Oh’s first Monterey Jazz Festival MJF experience was in 2010, when she was a member of the band…
David Sanborn’s roots are laid deep in the blues—he played with Albert King when he was 14—and he also came up around avant-gardists in his hometown of St Louis.
Oct 3, 2017 4:02 PM
David Sanborn was the most salient alto saxophonist of the ’70s and ’80s, a musician who parlayed his visceral,…
Ricky Riccardi (left) is an Armstrong scholar and archivist at Queens College. The trumpeter released the single “What A Wonderful World” in 1967.
Oct 2, 2017 5:47 PM
The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New York, marks the 50th anniversary of the trumpeter’s enduring hit…
Ryan Gosling (left) gives a lecture on jazz, with help from the SNL band’s musical director, Lenny Pickett.
Oct 1, 2017 10:26 AM
Actor Ryan Gosling hosted the season opener for Saturday Night Live and began the Sept. 30 broadcast with a lecture on…
Miguel Zenón will lead a benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Maria in Berkeley, California, on Oct. 8. The powerful hurricane was the worst storm to hit the island in almost a century.
Sep 29, 2017 9:20 AM
Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria, the worst storm to hit the island in almost a century. Puerto Ricans…
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