Apr 10, 2024 9:33 PM
A Jazz Home in Rome
The trees stand majestic and tall, twisting 75 feet into the air — 23 meters by local measure — with leafy canopies…
Rome’s Casa del Jazz delivers a tremendous outdoor summer season from one of the city’s beautiful locales.
Apr 10, 2024 9:33 PM
The trees stand majestic and tall, twisting 75 feet into the air — 23 meters by local measure — with leafy canopies…
One of three beachside stages at the Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival.
Apr 10, 2024 9:27 PM
For those seeking a truly unique jazz and blues getaway, perhaps a trip to Brazil is in order during late May into…
Roscoe Mitchell’s performance will be a cornerstone of this year’s festival. “Seeing as it’s the 40th edition of the festival, it was important to me to invite a few artists who have long been associated with the event,” said Scott Thomson, the fest’s new director.
Apr 10, 2024 9:22 PM
For decades, the radar of important avant-garde musical culture, especially in North America, has steered artists and…
Nicholas Payton, left and Tim Warfield, performing at last year’s Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, demonstrate the event’s dedication to great jazz.
Apr 10, 2024 9:17 PM
When jazz fans think about great American cities for this music, Pittsburgh may not be high on their list. But it…
Duane Davis (left), Oscar Hernandez and Terri Lyne Carrington at this year’s JEN Conference in New Orleans.
Apr 9, 2024 10:24 AM
There are times when you listen to jazz musicians reveal the stories behind their lives and careers, and you can’t…
“I’m also at a point in my life where I don’t feel like I have anything to prove, like at all,” Akinmusire says about his art.
Mar 26, 2024 12:45 PM
At the risk of oversimplifying and romanticizing the story, Ambrose Akinmusire came bursting on the jazz scene at the…
On The Hidden World Of Piloo, Rovatti pays tribute to her father.
Mar 26, 2024 12:38 PM
It’s been 20 years since the release of Under The Hat, Ada Rovatti’s confidently swinging 2003 debut featuring…
“He is always growing, always learning, always moving forward,” said John Zorn of Smith.
Mar 19, 2024 3:49 PM
Cities and towns, large and small, through their geography, culture, cuisine and dialect, possess unique, compelling…
“I’m not rich financially, but rich in spirit,” says Miguel Atwood-Ferguson about the expense of making his new recording, Les Jardins Mystiques.
Mar 19, 2024 3:21 PM
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, the noted arranger, conductor, composer and multi-instrumentalist, has been featured on more…
“Both of us are quite grounded in the craft, the tradition and the harmonic sense,” Rosenwinkel said of his experience playing with Allen. “Yet I felt we shared something mystical as well.”
Mar 12, 2024 11:42 AM
“There are a few musicians you hear where, as somebody once said, the molecules in the room change. Geri was one of…
