Mar 16, 2016 11:56 AM Sonny Rollins Dips Into Archive for New Road Shows Album Fans of Sonny Rollins, make room on your shelves. The prodigious saxophonist and living jazz legend is adding another…
Mar 16, 2016 9:34 AM Mahanthappa, Harris Match Wits in Chicago Double Bill Chicago Symphony Center’s Jazz Series presented an ambitious double billing Feb. 26 with alto saxophonist Rudresh…
, Nana Vasconcelos, Obituary Mar 11, 2016 2:24 PM In Memoriam: Naná Vasconcelos Naná Vasconcelos, the acclaimed percussionist and master of the single-string berimbau, died March 9 from lung cancer…
News, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong Mar 7, 2016 5:24 PM Verve Reissues Classic Jazz Albums for 60th Anniversary Verve Records will celebrate its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a series of historic reissues and new…
Interview Mar 7, 2016 5:20 PM Fifty-seven years ago, Little Anthony and his group were in a New York studio, trying to cut their f Fifty-seven years ago, Little Anthony and his group were in a New York studio, trying to cut their first single.…
DVD Mar 7, 2016 5:13 PM New Documentary Chronicles Life, Death of Thomas Chapin Like Jaco Pastorius, alto saxophonist-flutist Thomas Chapin was a meteor streaking across the night sky. Both were…
Mar 7, 2016 5:09 PM Recording Icon Al Schmitt Mentors Students at Grammy Camp It’s hard not to feel a tinge of jealousy when observing the student musicians in the annual Grammy Camp Jazz…
Mar 7, 2016 11:17 AM New Box Sets Chronicle Works by Prolific Braxton Last year was a busy one for the irrepressible Anthony Braxton. The saxophonist’s activities included a University of…
, Ferenc Nemeth Mar 7, 2016 7:04 AM PDX Jazz Festival Stars Pay Tribute to Alice & John Coltrane The 2016 PDX Jazz Festival, which took place in various venues in Portland, Oregon, from Feb. 18–28, has excelled…
Feb 29, 2016 10:16 AM Kamasi Washington Presents Jazz-Rock Spectacle in New York The choice of Webster Hall as a venue was telling, and not just because Washington has become too big a draw for a jazz…