Jan 23, 2024 12:35 PM
The Evolution of Nicholas Payton
There was a time, back in the mid-’90s, when trumpeter Nicholas Payton was being hyped as a Young Lion on the scene.…
Jan 23, 2024 12:35 PM
There was a time, back in the mid-’90s, when trumpeter Nicholas Payton was being hyped as a Young Lion on the scene.…
Jan 23, 2024 12:24 PM
Emmet Cohen’s first DownBeat Blindfold Test transpired on the only day in September that didn’t involve traveling…
Jan 23, 2024 12:10 PM
The Washington Ballet will present a spellbinding blend of ballet and jazz music featuring two highly anticipated world…
Jan 23, 2024 11:45 AM
Between Jan. 4 and Jan. 7, as northerners froze, Miami Beach held the (mostly) outdoors South Beach Jazz Festival.…
Jan 16, 2024 11:55 AM
Samara Joy posted a personal video on her social media this fall in which her grandfather, Elder Goldwire McLendon, is…
Jan 16, 2024 11:38 AM
Last year was a good one for jazz and jazz-adjacent documentaries. Most prominent among them are the well-distributed…
Jan 16, 2024 11:27 AM
As part of the finale evening of this year’s Angel City Jazz Festival, bassist-bandleader Billy Mohler took the stage…
Jan 16, 2024 11:22 AM
The back entrance opens into a cozy, darkened room, leather-cushioned benches snaking around the irregular, rounded…
Jan 9, 2024 12:36 PM
The Blue Note Quintet, an all-star collective of Blue Note recording artists, will embark on an extensive North…
Jan 9, 2024 12:28 PM
The coming week promises to be a busy and fruitful time in New York for jazz artists and improvising musicians who are…