Sep 29, 2026 11:41 AM
Scott Robinson Reaches for Tomorrow … 1 Sound at a Time
What would a 200-piece orchestra including three contrabass saxophones, five tarogatos, solovox, bass marimba, electric…
Scott Robinson, shown here in “The Lab,” will play a recording of the first movement from his long-term project Reach For Tomorrow on Thursday, Oct. 1, at Hunter College in Manhattan.
Sep 29, 2026 11:41 AM
What would a 200-piece orchestra including three contrabass saxophones, five tarogatos, solovox, bass marimba, electric…
Alto saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins has been named a 2026 MacArthur fellow.
Sep 29, 2026 11:30 AM
Immanuel Wilkins, an alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and Blue Note recording artist based in Brooklyn, New York,…
Lalah Hathaway entranced fans at this year’s Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival.
Sep 29, 2026 11:20 AM
Reinforcing modern jazz’s interaction with other genres associated with Black American music remains a hallmark of…
John Clayton (left), Darlene Chan and Tim Jackson at a September gala in support of the L.A. jazz club Sam First.
Sep 29, 2026 10:58 AM
In 1968, Geordie Hormel purchased the 22,000-square-foot Masonic Temple in West Los Angeles for $125,000. He was the…
“It was just that suddenly … I could hear it,” Ravi Coltrane said of an epiphany he experienced during his late teens regarding his father’s music. “And it was almost like a calling, like something saying, ‘Hey, man, come on. It’s time to get serious.’ And the first time you really tune in and dial in and focus like that, it can be very life-changing.”
Sep 22, 2026 1:39 PM
Editor’s Note: Tomorrow, Sept. 23, is the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth. In honor of the tenor and…
Record producer Bob Thiele’s classic photo that became the cover of John Coltrane’s landmark album A Love Supreme.
Sep 22, 2026 1:36 PM
A tribute to John Coltrane is one thing, but there is much more to the iconic saxophonist’s 100th anniversary…
Zuraitis explores the full gamut of a love affair on The Devil I Knew.
Sep 22, 2026 12:31 PM
On The Devil I Knew (La Reserve; ★★★★ 77:32), Nicole Zuraitis has written a five-part album that combines many…
A solo concert by saxophonist Joshua Redman will close the first night of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Sept. 26.
Sep 22, 2026 12:26 PM
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival will take place for the 20th time on the final weekend of September 2026. Beginning half…
SUNY Fredonia Jazz Flextet, a great example of working together.
Sep 17, 2026 12:19 PM
The question often comes up for those of us in the music business. A parent has a child immersed in jazz, or music in…
Katie Thiroux
Sep 17, 2026 11:55 AM
Choosing a college to attend can be one of life’s big decisions. But once that’s decided, there’s the question of…
