Jun 27, 2023 1:03 PM
The Jazz Side of Taj Mahal
It may come as a surprise to find that the artist known as Taj Mahal — born Henry Fredericks Jr. — has officially…
“I’ve known these songs all my life, but I saw that there wasn’t enough attention on the older music,” Mahal says.
Jun 27, 2023 1:03 PM
It may come as a surprise to find that the artist known as Taj Mahal — born Henry Fredericks Jr. — has officially…
Brötzmann worked with nearly every major name in free-jazz within Europe.
Jun 27, 2023 12:58 PM
Peter Brötzmann, a German saxophonist and clarinetist whose music charted a provocative, uncompromising new course for…
“The history of the music is very important to us,” says Escoffery, noting that it is equally important to push the music forward.
Jun 27, 2023 12:44 PM
Wayne Escoffery sits comfortably in a soft chair in a hotel room in Denver. He is traveling once again with the Mingus…
Winners, judges and members of the supporting octet at this year’s Bridges Composition Competition.
Jun 27, 2023 12:41 PM
The Ravinia Steans Music Institute, based in Highland Park, Illinois, has been committed to cross-pollinating the…
“We actually had days where we did three songs in one day. It was just pow, pow, pow,” Jones said of the five-day recording session.
Jun 20, 2023 2:42 PM
Rickie Lee Jones has a credo that she’s lived by all her life: shouting her name out while zigzagging through musical…
“When things go right, it’s like dipping your hands into a nice sink of water,” Towner says of “Empty Stage,” from his new album, At First Light.
Jun 20, 2023 2:37 PM
After more than 30 years of living as an expatriate in Italy, the amiable Ralph Towner is sitting comfortably at his…
The London Brew Team, from left, Shabaka Hutchings, Tom Herbert, Nikolaj Torp Larsen, Nubya Garcia, Dave Okumu, Raven Bush, Dan See, Martin Terefe, Tom Skinner, Benji B, Nick Ramm, Dilip Harris, Luke Pickering and Theon Cross.
Jun 20, 2023 2:30 PM
In 2020, the pandemic scuppered plans for a concert at London’s Barbican, which would have paid homage to 50 years of…
Isaiah Collier leads his band, The Chosen Few, through a program of reimagined standards to accompany the South Chicago Dance Theatre during the world premiere of Memoirs of Jazz in the Alley.
Jun 14, 2023 9:15 AM
Audiences today hunger for interdisciplinary art. That notion was vividly illustrated by the crowd’s response to the…
“The big thing was having multiple sections, ideas that develop slowly over time and don’t stray too far from an initial core idea,” Smith says of Return To Casual.
Jun 13, 2023 12:32 PM
Walter Smith III finds compositional inspiration in unexpected — and amusing — places. As an example, consider the…
Blanchard will lead SFJAZZ’s artistic programming and creative direction.
Jun 13, 2023 12:14 PM
SFJAZZ has appointed Terence Blanchard as executive artistic director. In the new position, Blanchard will lead the…
