Sep 30, 2025 11:56 AM
Sound & Gravity Presents Cutting-Edge Jazz, Experimental Music & More
Chicago is notorious for its meteorological extremes, but the gods of weather gifted the city five straight days of…
“My music is about the human condition,” said Darius Jones in introducing his song “No More My Lord” at the inaugural Sound & Gravity Festival.
Sep 30, 2025 11:56 AM
Chicago is notorious for its meteorological extremes, but the gods of weather gifted the city five straight days of…
Maria Schneider leads her orchestra through a thrilling set at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival.
Sep 23, 2025 11:01 AM
Sometimes words have more than one meaning, as in the lore about free-jazz. It usually surrounds the early work of…
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt performed new music from his latest album, Woven, with vibraphonist Jalen Baker, drummer Jared Spears, bassist Leighton Harrell and guitarist Misha Mendelenko.
Sep 23, 2025 10:55 AM
It’s hard to imagine a more beautiful setting for an outdoor jazz festival than what Lake George, located in the…
Marcus Miller and band hold down the main stage at District Pier during this year’s DC Jazz Festival.
Sep 16, 2025 11:24 AM
The DC Jazz Festival is now of legal drinking age. This year’s edition, running Aug. 27–31, was the 21st. Not the…
Esperanza Spalding closed an audacious Chicago Jazz Festival set with “Endangered Species.”
Sep 9, 2025 11:50 AM
The 45th Chicago Jazz Festival kicked off its headline events with two erudite individuals, Esperanza Spalding and…
This year’s Jazz em Agosto set by the Darius Jones Trio captured the titular alto saxophonist at his most ferocious.
Aug 26, 2025 1:31 PM
The organizers of Lisbon, Portugal’s Jazz em Agosto Festival assume its audience is thoughtful and independent. Over…
Kismet performs at this year’s Ystad Jazz Festival in Sweden.
Aug 19, 2025 12:36 PM
Jazz festival culture, that ever-expanding and international phenomenon, can serve many masters and functions. In…
John Scofield brought his Long Days Quartet with pianist John Medeski, bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Ted Poor to this summer’s Bohemia Jazz Fest.
Aug 12, 2025 10:08 AM
The Bohemia Jazz Fest celebrated its 20th anniversary in July with a lineup of world-class performers that included…
Dawn Clement brought a new, loose-limbed edge — in both her playing and her programming — to an event that has sometimes felt stodgy.
Aug 5, 2025 12:03 PM
The weeklong student workshop and weekend festival Jazz Port Townsend celebrated its 46th birthday this July with a…
Trumpeter-composer Peter Evans’ two-part epic for his band Being & Becoming (with vibist Joel Ross, bassist Nick Jozwick and Tyshawn Sorey) and “Voices” (featuring Sofia Jernberg, Mazz Swift and Alice Teyssler) dazzled listeners at this year’s Monheim Triennale.
Jul 15, 2025 11:10 AM
Jazz cruises have become an expanding phenom in recent years. In a fittingly radical twist on that tradition, one of…
