Sep 27, 2016 10:47 AM
‘Jazz Is A Rainbow ’ Conveys Life Lessons Through Jazz History
The members of any performing ensemble need time to learn each other’s creative quirks and hammer out a level of…
Janell Brown performs in The Harlem Strut, a musical revue produced by the participants of Jazz Is A Rainbow in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Sep 27, 2016 10:47 AM
The members of any performing ensemble need time to learn each other’s creative quirks and hammer out a level of…
Charles Lloyd (foreground) and Harish Raghavan perform at the Oslo Jazz Festival on Aug. 17.
Sep 27, 2016 10:44 AM
The fourth night of the 30th Annual Oslo Jazz Festival (Aug. 14–20) centered on a particularly riveting set by…
Somi (left) Toru Dodo and Liberty Ellman perform at the Sochi Jazz Festival on Aug. 4.
Sep 27, 2016 9:34 AM
Although the vocalist Somi was only female headliner at Russia’s seventh annual Sochi International Jazz Festival,…
Dave Stryker’s new album, Eight Track II, is due out Sept. 2 on Strikezone Records.
Sep 27, 2016 9:25 AM
Dave Stryker is a dedicated jazz guitarist who has just released an album of interpretations of pop and r&b music from…
Ron Carter will serve as artist-in-residence of the 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival, which takes place Sept. 2–5 in downtown Detroit.
Sep 19, 2016 4:13 PM
Ron Carter is officially the most recorded bassist in jazz history—at least according to the scribes of The Guinness…
Jeff Lederer, Allison Miller and Rene Hart are the Honey Ear Trio. The group performed at Constellation in Chicago on Aug. 5.
Sep 8, 2016 3:56 PM
On Aug. 5 at the cozy experimental venue Constellation, about 40 fans gathered close to the stage for two intensely…
Jan Garbarek performs at the Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway on Aug. 14.
Sep 8, 2016 3:44 PM
Jan Garbarek, a limber and graceful reedist, played fast, loose and everything in between with his band at the 30th…
Tierney Sutton, seen here at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 28, will release The Sting Variations in September.
Sep 8, 2016 3:25 PM
The beauty of jazz is that it provides limitless possibilities for interpretation. On her 2014 release, After Blue: The…
Top: Wayne Shorter (left) and Herbie Hancock. Bottom: Carlos Santana (left), Marcus Miller and Cindy Blackman Santana.
Sep 8, 2016 3:17 PM
Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter are regular visitors to the Hollywood Bowl, one of the world’s largest venues in…
Chick Corea will celebrate his 75th birthday year with a tour of the U.S., Europe and Asia, culminating in an 80-day residency at the Blue Note in New York.
Aug 31, 2016 5:28 PM
For his 75th birthday, pianist Chick Corea has chosen to return to one of his favorite places: the road. The DownBeat…
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