May 9, 2023 12:02 PM
Wayne Shorter: The Final Interview
Sadly, the formative giants of jazz are passing the torch and joining the ancestors. But such cliché and dwelling on…
“Remember to be a warrior, not a worrier,” Shorter said, 10 days prior to his passing on March 2.
May 9, 2023 12:02 PM
Sadly, the formative giants of jazz are passing the torch and joining the ancestors. But such cliché and dwelling on…
Wayne Shorter: 1933–2023
May 9, 2023 11:53 AM
By the time the so-called riots of 1967 engulfed Wayne Shorter’s native Newark, New Jersey, the saxophonist had…
“I got chills,” Patricia Brennan said while listening to the music of Chris Dingman.
May 9, 2023 11:48 AM
Having established herself as a master practitioner of extended techniques and electronic effects on vibraphone and…
“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…
