May 9, 2023 11:43 AM
Snidero Writes to Rosenwinkel’s Sounds, Concepts & Range
Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero’s latest date, Far Far Away, stands as a career milestone. He’s reached the plateau of…
“I wanted Kurt [Rosenwinkel] to kill it and he did,” saxophonist Jim Snidero says of the title track from Far Far Away.
May 9, 2023 11:43 AM
Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero’s latest date, Far Far Away, stands as a career milestone. He’s reached the plateau of…
MoonJune’s Leonardo Pavkovic in Toledo, Spain, the new home for his globe-trotting label.
May 9, 2023 11:37 AM
Ever since being galvanized by rock and prog-rock as a youngster, entrepreneur Leonardo Pavkovic has had a lifelong,…
The Baylor Project’s latest recording is titled The Evening: Live At Apparatus.
May 2, 2023 3:17 PM
Hundreds of chrysanthemums filled the dim-lit room at Apparatus, a Midtown Manhattan design studio where The Baylor…
“There’s so much mystery in his own writing,” Dianne Reeves (left) said of Vince Mendoza (right).
May 2, 2023 3:00 PM
Sunset Boulevard begins its 21-mile journey at Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, curving northward as it skirts…
Piazza IV Novembre at the Umbria Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer.
Apr 27, 2023 11:22 AM
For many, it’s been a long, hard winter, and we could just as easily be talking about Los Angeles as the Midwest or…
A beautiful night and delighted crowd at Arena San Giuliana in Perugia, Italy.
Apr 27, 2023 11:01 AM
Jazz festival culture remains a relatively young, by most accounts birthed by promoter George Wein with the Newport…
The Chuck Brown Band performs on the Wharf during the DC Jazz Festival.
Apr 27, 2023 10:57 AM
It was in 2017, during the 14th annual DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) at the Yards, when Sunny Sumter first recognized that…
Kenny Garrett and Ron Bruner perform at the 2021 Detroit Jazz Fest. Garrett will be celebrated this summer, too.
Apr 27, 2023 10:53 AM
The Detroit Jazz Festival, the largest free jazz festival in the world, remains resolutely jazz. You’ll not find…
Locale and creative programming have become touch points of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Apr 27, 2023 10:44 AM
The ideal jazz festival showcases its locale while presenting thoughtfully conceived concerts and events. Since 1999,…
“I knew Dizzy’s music inside and out,” Cassidy said about playing in the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. “That’s what I grew up chasing.”
Apr 25, 2023 12:26 PM
There’s a zen-like drive to alto saxophonist Sharel Cassity that’s undeniable — über calm on the exterior, but…
