Jul 8, 2025 7:30 AM
Blindfold Test: Rodney Whitaker
At 56, Rodney Whitaker, professor of jazz bass and director of jazz studies at Michigan State University, is equally…
“Hamiet was one of the most underrated musicians ever,” says Whitaker of baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett.
Jul 8, 2025 7:30 AM
At 56, Rodney Whitaker, professor of jazz bass and director of jazz studies at Michigan State University, is equally…
“What if we started a record label?” was the question posed by Shifting Paradigm artist and co-founder Zacc Harris.
Jul 8, 2025 7:24 AM
Artist-run labels have long played key roles in jazz history. Many, like Debut (co-founded by Charles Mingus and Max…
“I was playing under a tree one day and then for a Beatle the next day,” Robin Nolan says of his friendship with the late George Harrison.
Jul 8, 2025 7:17 AM
It was through a masterstroke of serendipity that Dutch guitarist Robin Nolan came to meet ex-Beatle George Harrison…
The Gilmore in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is broadcasting a recent concert by pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Marcus Gilmore.
Jul 8, 2025 7:09 AM
Dr. Pierre van der Westhuizen, Executive and Artistic Director of The Gilmore in Kalamazoo, Michigan, has announced the…
“As human beings, when we talk to one another we can come together in one community,” said Sunny Jain, leader of Red Baraat. “To me, that’s the most important thing.”
Jul 1, 2025 11:58 AM
When Red Baraat hits the stage and starts pumping out its ecstatic melange of genre-busting music that fuses 18th…
Romero Lubabmbo and Dianne Reeves provide a study in chemistry and artistry on June 29 at this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival.
Jul 1, 2025 11:53 AM
This iconic Canadian festival has, as the saying goes, “a little something for everyone,” with some 350 acts…
Pianist Nduduzo Makathini, who received the award for International Live Act of the Year, performs with singer Omagugi Makathini at this year’s Deutscher Jazzpreis.
Jul 1, 2025 11:23 AM
Germany is a nation steeped in music. And the Deutscher Jazzpreis (German Jazz Prize), an important and well-attended…
Donald Harrison led his quartet through an autobiographical concert of the multiple genres that constitute his neoclassical conception.
Jul 1, 2025 10:59 AM
In curating the 27th Healdsburg Jazz Festival, which transpired June 13–22, Artistic Director Marcus Shelby turned…
“I would follow Barry [Harris] wherever he went,” Pasquale Grasso says of one of his early mentors. “His concept of music resonated with me, and I loved how he approached it.”
Jun 24, 2025 12:27 PM
Pasquale Grasso plays virtuosic guitar in a style that incorporates intricate harmonies and bebop phrasing with a…
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2025–’26 concert season will explore the enduring ties between jazz, the African continent and its diaspora.
Jun 24, 2025 12:20 PM
The concerts of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2025–’26 season, adhering to a theme of “Mother Africa,” will delve…