Mar 6, 2019 9:53 AM
In Memoriam: Ira Gitler (1928–2019)
Ira Gitler, who claimed the title “jazz activist” for his multifaceted, seven-decade career and was named a…
Cannonball Adderley (left), Ira Gitler and Dave Brubeck circa 1967
Mar 6, 2019 9:53 AM
Ira Gitler, who claimed the title “jazz activist” for his multifaceted, seven-decade career and was named a…
Aaron Goldberg’s academic work might have influenced his music in more ways than he’s aware of, at least in a conceptual sense.
Mar 6, 2019 9:00 AM
On a cold December evening, Aaron Goldberg was giving a piano lesson in Spanish at his Brooklyn apartment, working his…
Bassit Carlos Henriquez has recorded The South Bronx Story, both live and in the studio, and RodBros Music is set to issue the material later this year.
Mar 5, 2019 9:00 AM
The tumbao, that basic building block of Afro-Cuban music, is deeply imbedded in bassist Carlos Henriquez’s DNA. Like…
Applications for the Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition are being accepted through March 31.
Mar 4, 2019 6:13 PM
Applications for the Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition are being accepted through March 31.
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Bettye LaVette is set to headline June 8 at the Chicago Blues Festival.
Mar 4, 2019 4:44 PM
Blues is a feeling, and it’ll be in ample supply June 7–9 as the Chicago Blues Festival returns for its 36th…
Caspar Brötzmann performs at Berlin’s SO36 during a tour for Black Axis. The guitarist’s work with his trio, Massaker, is being reissued by Southern Lord Recordings, which also will release a record by a new Brötzmann project, Bass Totem, in 2020.
Mar 4, 2019 9:00 AM
Among the most exciting and forward-thinking albums to come out early in 2019 are a pair of recordings made decades…
“It’s a blessing to be within this legacy of the music,” Joe Lovano says.
Mar 1, 2019 9:00 AM
It is entirely characteristic of Joe Lovano, who parted ways with Blue Note Records in 2016 after releasing 25…
At age 14, drummer Allison Miller performed at Blues Alley in Washington D.C. with guitarist Charlie Byrd.
Feb 28, 2019 9:00 AM
Much of drummer Allison Miller’s life is about juxtapositions. She’s the creative force behind two related but…
Vocalist Madison McFerrin has scheduled several European performance dates for the spring.
Feb 27, 2019 9:00 AM
Madison McFerrin is the last musician you would expect to be going it alone. As the youngest child of Grammy-winning…
Makiko Hirabayashi (left), Marilyn Mazur and Klavs Hovman are set to perform as The Makiko Hirabayashi Trio at jazzahead!’s European Jazz Meeting on April 26 in Bremen, Germany.
Feb 27, 2019 9:00 AM
As part of the annual jazzahead! Festival and trade show—which hosts scores of musicians, producers, label and media…
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