Aug 27, 2024 12:09 PM
Remembering Russell Malone, 1963-2024
Guitarist and bandleader Russell Malone died Aug. 23, while on tour in Japan, after battling end-stage kidney failure.…
Aug 27, 2024 12:09 PM
Guitarist and bandleader Russell Malone died Aug. 23, while on tour in Japan, after battling end-stage kidney failure.…
Aug 27, 2024 11:46 AM
At the close of 2021, Matthew Whitaker faced a glut of options. Having met with his management team to discuss ideas…
Aug 27, 2024 11:33 AM
Alto saxophonist Greg Ward’s win in this year’s Critics Poll Rising Star category, at age 42, was a long time…
Aug 27, 2024 11:20 AM
Banjo player Béla Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sanchez will make their world premiere as a trio…
Aug 20, 2024 11:38 AM
Newport Jazz Festival 2024 carried much promise, and it delivered: a diverse and very strong lineup – each act an…
Aug 20, 2024 10:59 AM
San Jose Jazz, a nonprofit, has been around since 1986 and produced its first jazz festival 34 years ago in 1990. It…
Aug 20, 2024 10:40 AM
Jihye Lee joins the growing ranks of young, tradition-respecting and medium-rethinking big band leaders, blessed with a…
Aug 20, 2024 10:35 AM
On the index of jazz record labels bearing fitting and poetically resonant names, we might readily cite such historic…
Aug 13, 2024 12:00 PM
For more than a decade, Ryan Truesdell has been winning acclaim by excavating the lesser-known gems of big-band…
Aug 13, 2024 11:52 AM
In its third edition since rebounding from senior management changes and COVID-related disruptions, the 44th Festival…