Feb 22, 2022 11:58 AM
The Blindfold Test: Lakecia Benjamin
Alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin continues her upward arc on the heels of her stunning 2020 release Pursuance: The…
“I got that chill in my spine. So I’m guessing that’s Kenny Garrett,” Lakecia Benjamin said while listening to the alto saxophonist play John Coltrane’s “Dear Lord.”
Feb 22, 2022 11:58 AM
Alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin continues her upward arc on the heels of her stunning 2020 release Pursuance: The…
Left: Drummer Allison Miller will teach at Jazz Camp West this summer. Right: Summer Jazz at DePaul University offers its first camp at the famed jazz institution this summer.
Feb 22, 2022 11:49 AM
For anyone (make that all of us) who are just plain done with this pandemic, here’s a prediction: Jazz camps will go…
Igor Butman played two huge concerts in Russia to celebrate his birthday.
Feb 22, 2022 11:42 AM
Former President Bill Clinton has called him “my favorite living saxophone player.” Wynton Marsalis, a longtime…
Charlie Sepúlveda is planning to restart the Luquillo Beach Jazz Festival on a larger scale.
Feb 22, 2022 11:38 AM
The morning after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, trumpeter Charlie Sepúlveda looked around his town of…
McBride’s ambition was to honor Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X.
Feb 14, 2022 10:27 PM
Christian McBride helped commence the Kennedy Center’s Black History Month celebration on Feb. 4 with a rousing…
Artifacts, from left: Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed and Tomeka Reid, at Estrada Poznanska in Poland.
Feb 14, 2022 10:18 PM
Back in January 2021, the world was in deep lockdown and the jazz trio Artifacts performed a concert to a nearly empty…
Caroline Davis didn’t share the concept of Portals with her fellow artists before they went into the studio.
Feb 14, 2022 10:16 PM
When she entered Oktaven Audio in 2020, Caroline Davis brought with her the enormity of a shapeshifting grief. The…
Tierney Sutton, right, and Serge Merlaud.
Feb 9, 2022 6:00 AM
Vocalist Tierney Sutton has released a beautiful new ballad, “I Knew I Loved You.” It’s the first single from…
The Cookers are, from left, George Cables, Billy Hart, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Billy Harper and Cecil McBee.
Feb 8, 2022 12:12 PM
In July 2020, four months after COVID-19 locked down the world, The Cookers entered Van Gelder Studio to record Look…
New Orleans readies for this year’s return of the Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Feb 8, 2022 12:05 PM
There was a lot riding on the 37th annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, where tens of thousands of music…
