Lakecia Benjamin performs Nov. 6 at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn as a part of Jazzfest Berlin, which this year included livestreamed performances from both sides of the Atlantic.
Nov 19, 2020 5:23 PM
In curating Jazzfest Berlin, Artistic Director Nadin Deventer always looks for a unifying narrative. For this year’s…
Melissa Aldana (left), Pablo Menares and Kush Abadey perform Oct. 3 in Central Park as a part of the Walk With The Wind performance series.
Oct 7, 2020 2:58 PM
Still in the throes of the pandemic, the world’s been starved for jazz in 3D, something to distract us from the…
Shayna Steele performs Feb. 16 at Cafe Stritch in San José, California, during San José Jazz Winter Fest.
Mar 17, 2020 11:11 AM
For the 2020 edition of San José Jazz Winter Fest, which wrapped on Feb. 29, a new wave of rising stars left a…
Band Housing was among the performers at the Parisian Sons d’hiver festival, which ran Jan. 17–Feb. 8.
Feb 14, 2020 12:31 PM
Sons d’hiver, the two-week music event that takes place in the suburbs south of Paris each winter, “is not a jazz…
Ted Nash conducts the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra during a presentation of Transformation with Glenn Close and Ted Nash.
Feb 14, 2020 8:16 AM
A few years ago, actress Glenn Close and saxophonist Ted Nash started to toss around ideas for a new collaborative…
Wynton Marsalis performs Monday in New York at Dizzy’s during a tribute to the late drummer Lawrence Leathers.
Feb 6, 2020 11:28 AM
Candy-colored lights illuminated the bandstand at Dizzy’s Monday night, the way they always do. Patrons settled into…
John Primer (left) and Steve Bell perform at the Winter Blues Summit in Arlington Heights, Illinois, on Feb. 1.
Feb 6, 2020 9:37 AM
The blues experience in the northwest Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights is usually reserved for tapped-out…
Vocalist Mavis Staples performs with guitarist Rick Holmstrom during the SFJAZZ Gala on Jan. 30 in San Francisco. The event marked the vocalist’s expansive career.
Feb 3, 2020 12:04 PM
“Mavis is in my DNA, she’s in the DNA of American music,” said SFJAZZ Collective vocalist Martin Luther McCoy,…
A stately, sagely status hums beneath the surface of a celebratory March 15, 2018, concert by saxophonist Charles Lloyd.
Jan 28, 2020 9:00 AM
On the occasion of his 80th birthday, saxophonist Charles Lloyd staged a concert of homecoming proportions. The show on…
Danilo Pérez speaks during a clinic at the Panama Jazz Festival, which ran Jan. 13-17 in Panama City, Panama.
Jan 27, 2020 11:19 AM
The Panama Jazz Festival provided a vibrant daily schedule, chock-a-block with a dizzying array of classroom…
