Dec 6, 2022 11:59 AM
Double Blindfold Test: Jim McNeely & Ryan Truesdell
During this year’s International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers symposium in Austin, Texas, celebrated jazz…
Dec 6, 2022 11:59 AM
During this year’s International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers symposium in Austin, Texas, celebrated jazz…
Dec 6, 2022 11:54 AM
American jazz saxophonist and composer Remy Le Boeuf will take on the role of chief conductor of the Nordkraft Big Band…
Dec 6, 2022 11:41 AM
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble has appointed Ryan Meagher as its new artistic director. Meagher (pronounced Marr) is…
Nov 29, 2022 12:11 PM
The Biamp Portland Jazz Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, with a slate of performances scheduled…
Nov 29, 2022 11:39 AM
Over the past 30 years, U.K. jazz has taken on multiple, ever-changing guises. From the genre-spanning fusions of the…
Nov 29, 2022 11:17 AM
Bill Charlap is a singularly vital figure on the New York scene, widely respected as an exponent of the trio format…
Nov 29, 2022 11:08 AM
In August of 1972, Nils Winther was an enterprising young man with a taste for jazz and a talent for taping that he…
Nov 29, 2022 11:02 AM
Jazz DJ and journalist Michael G. Nastos passed away earlier this month at age 70. Nastos is best known for his work as…
Nov 23, 2022 12:32 PM
When pianist Kenny Barron heard he had been elected to the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, his immediate response was to…
Nov 23, 2022 11:37 AM
Christian McBride never strays too far from his bass, not even when he’s offstage. Not when he’s producing an…