Kaja Draksler performs as part of the trio Punk.Vrt.Plastik at the 2017 Berlin Jazz Festival on Nov. 4.
Nov 10, 2017 3:48 PM
Once again, the compass needle for important jazz happenings pointed to Berlin recently, with the daring and impressive…
A scene from Jacob Collier and Becca Stevens music video “Bathtub”
Nov 9, 2017 9:05 PM
Singer-songwriter Becca Stevens has garnered numerous accolades during the past year. Her album Regina (GroundUp) was…
Guitarists Jimmy Herring (left) and John McLaughlin are on the road for what McLaughlin has said will be his final U.S. tour.
Nov 7, 2017 6:36 PM
The sight of John McLaughlin, 75, looking wistfully out at the adoring Town Hall audience after the guitar hero’s…
Frank Gambale onstage at the 2017 Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden
Nov 6, 2017 8:42 PM
“Play the melody like a great singer.” That’s guitarist Frank Gambale talking about the importance of putting…
Georgia native Sharon Jones (1956–2006) was the lead singer of the New York-based soul band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. The band recorded the album Soul Of A Woman prior to Jones’ death.
Nov 3, 2017 3:38 PM
Sharon Jones’ voice will live forever. The soul singer, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Nov. 18, 2016, left…
Ronnie Laws will be among the artists saluting John Coltrane Nov. 9–10 in South Africa.
Nov 2, 2017 3:33 PM
Jazz saxophonist Ronnie Laws, actress/singer Eloise Laws and singer-songwriter/actress Lita Gaithers Owens will perform…
Muhal Richard Abrams (1930–2017)
Nov 2, 2017 10:09 AM
Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams—an NEA Jazz Master, inductee in the DownBeat Hall of Fame and one of the founders of the…
A publicity photo for Carrie Mae Weems’ multimedia production Grace Notes: Reflections of Now
Nov 1, 2017 6:48 PM
Grace Notes: Reflections of Now—Carrie Mae Weems’ sobering multimedia production centering on the tense race…
Guitarist Raphael Roginski has performed as a solo artist, in duos and in numerous ensembles.
Oct 31, 2017 4:06 PM
Polish guitarist Raphael Roginski discusses creativity with the same type of idiosyncratic, poetic aesthetic informs…
Marco Pereira (left) performs with Miriam Aida at Sweden’s Uppsala International Guitar Festival, held Oct. 11–15.
Oct 30, 2017 10:13 AM
At the 14th annual Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden, a memorable highlight was the programming on Oct.…
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