Mar 8, 2017 5:04 PM
Gary Burton Announces Final U.S. Tour
Vibraphonist Gary Burton, a perennial leader in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll, has announced his retirement from the…
Gary Burton and Makato Ozone. Burton has announced that his current U.S. tour will be his last.
Mar 8, 2017 5:04 PM
Vibraphonist Gary Burton, a perennial leader in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll, has announced his retirement from the…
Stephane Wrembel performs during a dress rehearsal for “Django A Gogo” at Carnegie Hall on March 3.
Mar 7, 2017 3:06 PM
Gypsy jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel, a native of Fontainbleau, France, and current resident of Maplewood, New Jersey,…
Eddie Palmieri, who turned 80 in December 2016, celebrated becoming an octogenarian with a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 3.
Mar 6, 2017 7:00 PM
Long hailed as “the Sun of Latin Music” (a moniker taken from his 1974 album of the same name), Eddie Palmieri has…
Tony Buck (left), Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton are the Necks, an Australian trio that performed a marathon residency at the Issue Project Room in New York City on Feb. 23–25.
Mar 6, 2017 1:58 PM
For 30 years now, the Australian trio the Necks—pianist Chris Abrahams, drummer Tony Buck and bassist Lloyd…
Misha Mengelberg (1935–2017)
Mar 3, 2017 4:43 PM
Pianist Misha Mengelberg, a towering figure in the world of free-jazz, died in Amsterdam on March 3. He was 81.
Early…
Eric Miller (1941–2017)
Mar 3, 2017 11:06 AM
Eric Miller, whose career as an engineer, archivist and producer put many milestones of jazz history into collectors’…
Brandee Younger curated a portion of the Women’s Jazz Festival at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, which begins March 6.
Mar 3, 2017 10:01 AM
Jazz harpist Brandee Younger is shining a much-needed light on her long-overlooked instrument. In the process, she’s…
Linda May Han Oh will release Walk Against Wind on Biophilia Records on April 14.
Mar 2, 2017 12:45 PM
Bassist-composer Linda May Han Oh will release Walk Against Wind, her fourth album as a leader and first for Biophilia…
Scott Colley (let), Ambrose Akinmusire, Brian Blade and Wolfgang Muthspiel perform at the Miner Auditorium in San Francisco on Feb. 26 as part of an ECM label spotlight at SFJAZZ.
Mar 1, 2017 1:39 PM
SFJAZZ recently presented its second extended weekend of musicians who record for the ECM label. Doubling down on the…
Pat Metheny will appear at the Kennedy Center as part of the DC JazzFest on June 12.
Feb 28, 2017 3:13 PM
The DC Jazz Festival has announced the addition of Pat Metheny to its illustrious lineup of headliners.
The…
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