Jun 7, 2022 2:51 PM
Mutual Mentorship for Musicians To Launch Inaugural In-Person Festival
When the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020, musicians Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa co-founded Mutual Mentorship for…
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…
John Zorn leads a game of COBRA at a benefit for Ukraine held April 1 at Roulette in New York.
Apr 18, 2022 11:15 PM
When Fred Hersch introduces a “pop tune” or “show tune” during his set, the pianist often makes clear that it…
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire performs with the trio Trefoil at this year’s Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Apr 12, 2022 10:48 AM
During the opening concert of this year’s Big Ears Festival, a train roared by just as the Kronos Quartet leaned into…
Jacob Bro performs at the Bergamo Jazz Festival on March 18.
Apr 12, 2022 10:37 AM
The 43rd edition of the Bergamo Jazz Festival was a triumph for its artistic director, Maria Pia de Vito, one of the…
Newly inducted NEA Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke (left), Billy Hart and Donald Harrison Jr. at SFJAZZ Center on March 31.
Apr 5, 2022 4:57 PM
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) formally inducted its four new Jazz Masters on the eve of Jazz Appreciation…
The Polish electric bassist Kinga Głyk led a funk-jazz fusion band at Szczecin’s Filharmonia on March 18.
Apr 5, 2022 1:40 PM
Szczecin is a port city in the northwest of Poland, very close to the German border. In 2021, its annual jazz festival…
