Jun 21, 2022 11:36 AM
Pete Malinverni Delivers Bernstein’s Message
As Pete Malinverni worked his way through a set on a January night at The Django, a Manhattan night club, the pianist…
“I don’t want people on my bandstand counting measures,” Malinverni said.
Jun 21, 2022 11:36 AM
As Pete Malinverni worked his way through a set on a January night at The Django, a Manhattan night club, the pianist…
New York saxophonist Nicole Glover (right) and Montreal pianist Taurey Butler on stage during the inaugural Saint-Henri Jazz Week.
Jun 20, 2022 4:40 PM
Spring sprouted a brand new jazz initiative in Montreal this year: the Saint-Henri Jazz Week, presented in the borough…
Dee Dee Bridgewater (right) with the five finalists for the American Pianists Association’s next Cole Porter Fellowship.
Jun 14, 2022 12:10 PM
Every four years, the American Pianists Association recognizes five aspiring American pianists as finalists to compete…
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington is slated to play this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival.
Jun 7, 2022 3:15 PM
“The revenge against the pandemic” is how Maurin Auxéméry, director of booking, programming cultural events for…
Edmar Castaneda performs at the eighth-annual Chicago Jazz String Summit.
Jun 7, 2022 2:55 PM
Cellist Tomeka Reid is wildly playful and a ball of energy in person but sober and serious in performance. Her…
Jen Shyu is a co-founder of Mutual Mentorship for Musicians, which presents its inaugural in-person M³ Festival June 16–18 and 21–22 in New York.
Jun 7, 2022 2:51 PM
When the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020, musicians Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa co-founded Mutual Mentorship for…
Wynton Marsalis will receive the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award on June 3.
May 31, 2022 12:02 PM
SFJAZZ is presenting free live broadcasts of its 2022 gala honoring Wynton Marsalis with a Lifetime Achievement Award…
Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones is only the second work by a Black composer to be featured at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
May 3, 2022 11:59 AM
If the goal of the Lyric Opera of Chicago was to attract a more diverse crowd by programming jazz composer/trumpeter…
The collective Snarky Puppy will perform music from their upcoming album during this year’s GroundUP Music Festival.
May 3, 2022 11:50 AM
The fifth annual GroundUP Music Festival, set to take place May 6–8 at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach,…
Mats Gustafsson is scheduled to perform at the Festival du Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, which is set to resume operations May 18–22 in an almost back-to-normal fashion.
May 3, 2022 11:45 AM
Like virtually every other jazz festival in the world, the venerable, adventure-leaning FIMAV festival in…
