Mar 22, 2016 2:02 PM
Blanchard’s Incisive Jazz Opera Packs a Punch
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard’s ambitious Champion: An Opera in Jazz, about the late bisexual boxer Emile Griffith, had…
Victor Ryan Robertson (left) Kenneth Kellogg and Mark Hernandez in the production of Terence Blanchard’s Champion: An Opera In Jazz
Mar 22, 2016 2:02 PM
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard’s ambitious Champion: An Opera in Jazz, about the late bisexual boxer Emile Griffith, had…
Sarah Elizabeth Charles (left) sings a duet with high school student Hannah Coleman during a performance at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse in New York on Feb. 24.
Mar 22, 2016 1:52 PM
Forty-five minutes before showtime, fans were already lined up for vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles’s Neighborhood…
The U.S. Postal Service will honor jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan (1924–’90) with a commemorative Forever Stamp in a ceremony in Newark, New Jersey, on March 29.
Mar 22, 2016 1:46 PM
Vocalist Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan will return to the spotlight yet again, thanks to a concert album and a…
The Wet Ink Ensemble payed tribute to avant-garde reedist Anthony Braxton on Jan. 20 at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York.
Mar 22, 2016 1:43 PM
How do you solve the age-old problem of the classical/jazz divide? Or for that matter, how do you approach the more…
Prolific saxophonist Anthony Braxton is the subject three box sets due out April 1.
Mar 22, 2016 1:39 PM
Last year was a busy one for the irrepressible Anthony Braxton. The saxophonist’s activities included a University of…
Ryan Truesdell (right) conducts the Gil Evans Project featuring Donny McCaslin (left) during the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival in Elmhurst, Illinois, on Feb. 26.
Mar 22, 2016 1:34 PM
For a small city, Elmhurst, Illinois, can accommodate some big jazz talent. That was certainly the case on Feb. 26,…
Kamasi Washington performs material from his three-CD opus The Epic at Webster Hall in New York on Feb. 24.
Mar 22, 2016 1:16 PM
The Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington, arguably the hottest musician in jazz as measured by the…
Actor/director Don Cheadle (left), soundtrack composer Robert Glasper and trumpeter Keyon Harrold discuss Miles Ahead at SXSW. (Photo: Earl Gibson III)
Mar 21, 2016 10:46 AM
“Fear no mistake” is easier said than done, particularly when trying to tell the story of one of the most legendary…
The Pat Metheny Unity Group will release The Unity Sessions, one of two new albums from the guitarist on Nonesuch Records, on May 6 (Photo: Courtesy of the artist)
Mar 18, 2016 8:39 AM
Coming off a banner year that included a stint as artist-in-residence for the Detroit Jazz Festival, guitarist Pat…
Sonny Rollins will release Holding The Stage: Road Shows, Vol. 4 (Doxy/OKeh) digitally on April 8 and on CD April 15 (Photo: Courtesy of the Artist)
Mar 16, 2016 11:56 AM
Fans of Sonny Rollins, make room on your shelves. The prodigious saxophonist and living jazz legend is adding another…
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