Russell Gunn was commissioned by the Apollo Theater to compose the music for The Blues And Its People.
Feb 6, 2023 11:54 PM
The Apollo Theater in Harlem continues its 2022–’23 season theme of The Next Movement with The Blues And Its People…
The 1968 New Trier West Jazz Ensemble
Feb 6, 2023 11:40 PM
Like many nouveau-upstarts, jazz had to fight for recognition. Academia frowned on fun, especially when its venues were…
Thumbscrew is, from left, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara and Michael Formanek.
Jan 31, 2023 12:20 PM
Through countless gigs and seven studio recordings over the past 10 years, the members of the cooperative trio…
Sloane’s death comes nine months after the release of her final album, Live At Birdland (Club44 Records)
Jan 31, 2023 12:12 PM
Jazz singer Carol Sloane died Jan. 23 at a senior care center in Stoneham, Massachusetts. She was 85. The cause was…
The 2023 Monterey Jazz Festival will be Tim Jackson’s last as artistic director.
Jan 31, 2023 11:51 AM
Tim Jackson, long-time artistic director of the Monterey Jazz Festival, plans to leave his position at the end of…
Dee Dee, Kurt and Lakecia raise the roof.
Jan 31, 2023 11:45 AM
Vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Yasushi…
The inaugural class of the Next Jazz Legacy, from left: Kalia Vandever, Anastassiya Petrova, Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez, Keyanna Hutchinson, Loke Risberg, Alexis Lombre and Lexi Hamner.
Jan 31, 2023 11:32 AM
As the Next Jazz Legacy — an initiative created to provide a wide-ranging year-long apprenticeship program to support…
“One of our main goals is to invite people into the music who may not have known they liked jazz,” says Cohen.
Jan 24, 2023 11:59 AM
A pressing question is routinely faced by musicians deprived of live music outlets during COVID times: “What did you…
“In the pantheons of guitar players, Jeff was the chosen one,” said Steve Vai of the late Jeff Beck.
Jan 24, 2023 11:48 AM
One of an iconic triumvirate of ’60s rock guitar gods, along with Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck set the…
Terri Lyne Carrington curated the opening-night concert of New York’s Winter Jazzfest at City Winery.
Jan 24, 2023 11:38 AM
After a two-year hiatus imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, New York’s Winter Jazzfest returned to live performance…
