Feb 22, 2022 11:42 AM
Russian Jazz Star Igor Butman Celebrates 60 in Style
Former President Bill Clinton has called him “my favorite living saxophone player.” Wynton Marsalis, a longtime…
Igor Butman played two huge concerts in Russia to celebrate his birthday.
Feb 22, 2022 11:42 AM
Former President Bill Clinton has called him “my favorite living saxophone player.” Wynton Marsalis, a longtime…
Charlie Sepúlveda is planning to restart the Luquillo Beach Jazz Festival on a larger scale.
Feb 22, 2022 11:38 AM
The morning after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, trumpeter Charlie Sepúlveda looked around his town of…
McBride’s ambition was to honor Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X.
Feb 14, 2022 10:27 PM
Christian McBride helped commence the Kennedy Center’s Black History Month celebration on Feb. 4 with a rousing…
Artifacts, from left: Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed and Tomeka Reid, at Estrada Poznanska in Poland.
Feb 14, 2022 10:18 PM
Back in January 2021, the world was in deep lockdown and the jazz trio Artifacts performed a concert to a nearly empty…
Caroline Davis didn’t share the concept of Portals with her fellow artists before they went into the studio.
Feb 14, 2022 10:16 PM
When she entered Oktaven Audio in 2020, Caroline Davis brought with her the enormity of a shapeshifting grief. The…
The Cookers are, from left, George Cables, Billy Hart, Donald Harrison, Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Billy Harper and Cecil McBee.
Feb 8, 2022 12:12 PM
In July 2020, four months after COVID-19 locked down the world, The Cookers entered Van Gelder Studio to record Look…
Rosanna Vitro tapped legends like Sheila Jordan to join her in tribute to Charlie Parker.
Feb 8, 2022 11:58 AM
Roseanna Vitro is a Grammy-nominated vocalist, a member of the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame, a jazz ambassador for the…
“I always wanted the elders to be there, so I can make sure that I was moving in the right direction,” Kenny Garrett said of his relationship with legends of jazz.
Jan 17, 2022 6:22 PM
Kenny Garrett’s latest album, Sounds From The Ancestors, is a message to all of the legendary artists who helped…
Forman, Hamilton and Clayton take on the roles (and instruments) of legends Kessel, Manne and Brown.
Jan 17, 2022 6:17 PM
Last May, guitarist Bruce Forman was driving to a gig when something unusual happened. “On my way there,” he…
Joey DeFrancesco has added the tenor saxophone to the growing list of instruments he performs on.
Jan 11, 2022 1:31 PM
Joey DeFrancesco remembers the exact moment when he got “bit by the bug.”
The year was 2018, and the organist was…
