Nov 15, 2021 10:54 PM
JD Allen Finds Purpose
Queen City (Savant), JD Allen’s latest album and his first solo-saxophone release, is an ambitious endeavor that he…
JD Allen headed back to Cincinnati during COVID-19, where he woodshedded and created Queen City.
Nov 15, 2021 10:54 PM
Queen City (Savant), JD Allen’s latest album and his first solo-saxophone release, is an ambitious endeavor that he…
George Colligan
Nov 15, 2021 10:48 PM
Best known for his scintillating work as a pianist-keyboardist-organist during the past three decades on the…
Gregory Porter’s Still Rising
Nov 15, 2021 10:46 PM
Vocalist Gregory Porter has released a collection of hand-picked favorites on his 34-song retrospective Still Rising.
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Violinist Mark Feldman, a new Chicago transplant, performs with drummer Tim Daisy.
Nov 15, 2021 10:37 PM
Reed player Ken Vandermark’s face said it all. He was delighted to have played in front of an appreciative audience…
G. Thomas Allen soaks in the applause after winning this year’s Sassy Awards.
Nov 15, 2021 10:35 PM
G. Thomas Allen’s falsetto vocals make him unusual for a male singer — and they helped him become the first man…
Cécile McLorin Salvant feels she’s getting closer to her voice with Ghost Song.
Nov 9, 2021 11:15 AM
Cécile McLorin Salvant has premiered the title track of her new album Ghost Song well ahead of its official March 4…
The new SFJAZZ Collective lineup, from left: Edward Simon, Etienne Charles, David Sánchez, Gretchen Parlato, Chris Potter (musical director), Kendrick Scott, Matt Brewer, Warren Wolf and Martin Luther McCoy.
Nov 9, 2021 11:07 AM
For the second time in three years, the all-star SFJAZZ Collective is shifting its paradigm.
Since its founding in…
Melanie Charles brings the value, art and love of Black women to the forefront.
Nov 9, 2021 10:59 AM
As a singer, flutist, beat-maker, remixer and conceptualist, Melanie Charles saturates Ya’ll Don’t (Really) Care…
Cellist Hank Roberts has returned to New York to embark on projects with old friends.
Nov 9, 2021 10:56 AM
At the cusp of the 1970s, when Hank Roberts was a high school student in Terre Haute, Indiana, he aspired to be a jazz…
Martino dazzled as a player and demonstrated amazing resilience in overcoming life’s challenges.
Nov 2, 2021 12:45 PM
Jazz guitarist Pat Martino passed away Nov. 1 at age 77 following a long illness.
Known for his incredible guitar…
