May 14, 2024 11:32 AM
Detroit Jazz Fest to Feature Brian Blade
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced that this year’s lineup will include Artist-In-Residence Brian Blade, as well…
Brian Blade will serve as Artist-in-Residence at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival, to be held over Labor Day Weekend.
May 14, 2024 11:32 AM
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced that this year’s lineup will include Artist-In-Residence Brian Blade, as well…
Laufey is among the ticket headliners scheduled to perform at this year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival.
May 7, 2024 2:18 PM
The 21st edition of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival will take place June 21–29 at 20 indoor and outdoor…
Wynton Marsalis will perform at this summer’s Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York.
May 7, 2024 1:35 PM
The Blue Note Jazz Club has unveiled the lineup for its 13th annual Blue Note Jazz Festival, featuring performances by…
Kris Davis (left) will perform at Jazzfestival Saalfelden with her trio mates Johnathan Blake and Robert Hurst.
May 7, 2024 12:59 PM
Jazzfestival Saalfelden has announced several confirmed acts for its 44th edition, to be held Aug. 22–25.
Based in…
In addition to his one-man show, Collier will perform with Samara Joy and D-Nice at this year’s DC Jazz Festival.
May 7, 2024 12:26 PM
The DC Jazz Festival has added Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier and his Djesse Vol. 4 Solo Show to…
“It’s not like Bach, where you had better play the notes correctly,” Fleck says. “In the case of Rhapsody, it had been done so many ways and with the blessing of [Gershwin].”
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Over the course of his remarkably eclectic, multiple-Grammy-winning career — one that stretches across four decades…
“I want to inform myself to better convey ideas about nature and sustainability through my music,” says Freitas.
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“The amazing thing that I see of great musicians on stage is their ability to utilize their lexicon of languages,” says Kokayi.
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Kokayi loves languages. He’s fascinated with the spoken and musical in equal measure. In addition to his native…
“I try to strike just the right balance of paying tribute to the original and also injecting new life into the music,” says Myles Wright about his music inspired by classic video game tunes.
Apr 30, 2024 11:55 AM
Australian composer/arranger Myles Wright chose the repertoire for his latest self-produced release, Gamer, with…
“Within our uniquely limited instrumentation, we can get people loud and excited,” Kahil El’Zabar says of his 50-year-old Ethnic Heritage Ensemble.
Apr 23, 2024 12:18 PM
The occasion needed some fire. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, percussionist,…
