Apr 14, 2017 12:09 PM
Piano Summit Salutes Oscar Peterson
The evening of April 7 saw a rare procession of mainstream piano mastery cross the stage of Symphony Center in…
Kenny Barron and bassist Dave Young perform in an Oscar Peterson tribute concert at Symphony Center on April 7. Todd Rosenberg
Apr 14, 2017 12:09 PM
The evening of April 7 saw a rare procession of mainstream piano mastery cross the stage of Symphony Center in…
Ingebrigt Håkaer Flaten (left), Mette Rasmussen and Torbjörn Zetterberg perform at the Vossa Jazz Festival in Voss, Norway.
Apr 13, 2017 4:28 PM
My first, and lasting, musical impression of Norway’s Vossa Jazz Festival, a fascinating Nordic-centric event, came…
Dave Holland, a newly named NEA Jazz Master, performs at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz.
Apr 11, 2017 3:59 PM
As he demonstrated time and again on the bandstand of the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California, on April 6,…
Lawrence Brownlee as the title character in Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD
Apr 10, 2017 3:51 PM
The great alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, (aka Yardbird, or Bird) is an attractive protagonist for an opera:…
The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters at the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert on April 3, 2017 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (left to right): Representing Ira Gitler, Fitz Gitler; Dick Hyman; Dave Holland; Dr. Lonnie Smith; and Dee Dee Bridgewater.
Apr 5, 2017 1:16 PM
Since relocating from New York to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the annual NEA Jazz Masters awards…
The Art Ensemble of Chicago members Don Moye (left), Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors are the subject of a new book, which was released at a Fred Anderson tribute concert in Chicago on March 29.
Apr 4, 2017 4:05 PM
On several levels, Chicago saxophonist Fred Anderson, who died in June 2010, left a void that still needs to be filled.…
Nir Felder (left), Maurice “Mobetta” Brown, Michael League (background) and Skerik at the Jazz Standard in New York City on March 28.
Mar 30, 2017 2:04 PM
Maurice “Mobetta” Brown is having a busy start to his spring. The trumpet veteran released The Mood on March 24,…
Carla Bley was among the jazz-leaning instrumentalists that performed at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 23-26.
Mar 30, 2017 11:01 AM
Perched on a stool in front of a projector screen and nestled behind a laptop, alto saxophonist Matana Roberts had a…
Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew of Yo La Tengo
Mar 28, 2017 2:19 PM
Yo La Tengo has a song called “The Story Of Jazz,” and lyric-wise, it really has nothing to do with swing or its…
Nels Cline (left) and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco perform at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on March 21.
Mar 27, 2017 4:26 PM
Wilco’s long-running brand of left-field Americana has endured for decades, giving the band legacy status and helping…
