Sep 9, 2020 9:00 AM
Collaboration Fuels Pianist Art Hirahara
Visiting his native San Francisco in mid-March to play some dates and see his mother, Art Hirahara suddenly found…
Sep 9, 2020 9:00 AM
Visiting his native San Francisco in mid-March to play some dates and see his mother, Art Hirahara suddenly found…
Sep 8, 2020 11:34 AM
Fort Adams State Park—traditionally home to the Newport Jazz Festival—was uncharacteristically quiet the first week…
Sep 4, 2020 8:59 AM
As one of the top composer-arrangers on New York’s big band jazz scene, Maria Schneider has covered a vast swath of…
Sep 3, 2020 9:00 AM
This fall, life on campuses across the country will depend on safety guidelines related to the coronavirus pandemic.…
Sep 2, 2020 8:56 AM
By 1976, the initial incarnation of Stax Records was gone from the musical landscape, but the dreams of superstardom it…
Sep 1, 2020 8:45 AM
Kahil El’Zabar and David Murray have been exchanging spiritual energy for more than 40 years. When they met in 1975…
Aug 26, 2020 9:00 AM
Hearing Ambrose Akinmusire perform brings to mind Louis Armstrong’s description of first hearing cornetist Bix…
Aug 21, 2020 8:52 AM
During his four-decade career, Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum has played numerous genres of music, infusing it…
Aug 18, 2020 8:57 AM
Even when family members share a musical calling, it might take decades for them to collaborate. That was the case for…
Aug 12, 2020 8:55 AM
Jimmy Heath outlived most of his towering contemporaries during a career that saw the spirited saxophonist serve as a…