Nov 2, 2021 12:30 PM
Judy Wexler Goes Back to the Garden
Inspiration can come from unlikely sources. When COVID forced the shutdown of live performances, Judy Wexler decided to…
Judy Wexler
Nov 2, 2021 12:30 PM
Inspiration can come from unlikely sources. When COVID forced the shutdown of live performances, Judy Wexler decided to…
Charles Lloyd leads his quartet at the Lobero Theater. From left, Gerald Clayton, Lloyd, Reuben Rogers and Justin Brown.
Oct 26, 2021 12:08 PM
Charles Lloyd belongs to an ever-narrowing elite club of influential jazz veterans who have managed to carry their…
Wayne Shorter, Kris Davis and Danilo Peréz
Oct 26, 2021 12:06 PM
Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Kris Davis and pianist Danilo Peréz have each received the 2021 Doris Duke Artist…
Craig Taborn, sound surfer
Oct 26, 2021 12:04 PM
The concept is simple, yet a little crazy … as in, fun.
Keyboardist and composer Craig Taborn has created a new…
Daniel Rosenboom, founder of Orenda Records, performs at the Angel City Jazz Festival.
Oct 26, 2021 11:28 AM
Entering its 13th year, the Angel City Jazz Festival has become a regular October institution in Los Angeles, a…
Gerald Clayton directs the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.
Oct 19, 2021 10:39 AM
Though reduced to just a third of its usual capacity, the 64th Monterey Jazz Festival (Sept. 24–26) somehow pushed…
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, one of 52 grant recipients, received $40,000 to return to his hometown in North Carolina and create a music work space .
Oct 19, 2021 10:35 AM
South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization, awarded $2 million in grants in October to support jazz musicians…
Anthony Braxton led two evenings of music during Skaņu Mežs in Latvia.
Oct 19, 2021 10:30 AM
Anthony Braxton once told author Graham Lock that he was less interested in playing one good gig than in establishing…
Oct 19, 2021 10:25 AM
The 4th Annual Philadelphia Jazz Summit, with a theme of “awakening,” plans two days of gathering the jazz industry…
Professor Longhair, left, with Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer in 1978.
Oct 11, 2021 12:07 PM
Farsighted and unsentimental, Bruce Iglauer has spent five decades elevating Chicago-based Alligator Records above…
