Nov 19, 2018 6:01 PM
Laurin Talese Wins Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition
Laurin Talese has spent countless hours as a vocal teacher emphasizing the importance of breath control to students.…
Laurin Talese performs at the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on Nov. 18 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark.
Nov 19, 2018 6:01 PM
Laurin Talese has spent countless hours as a vocal teacher emphasizing the importance of breath control to students.…
Emmylou Harris performs during Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 7.
Nov 15, 2018 9:00 AM
Joni Mitchell was running late.
It’s hard to be anywhere in Los Angeles at 6:30 p.m., unless you leave by 4:30.…
Mary Halvorson performs at JazzFest Berlin, which ran Nov. 1-4 in Berlin, Germany.
Nov 14, 2018 12:22 PM
A festival is supposed to be too much of a good thing. An overabundance, for example, of garlic in Gilroy, California,…
Enrico Rava (left) and Joe Lovano perform at JAZZMI in Milan, Italy.
Nov 13, 2018 4:55 PM
Much of the third edition of the JAZZMI Festival in Milan, which ran Nov. 1-13, transpired at the Triennale Teatro…
Terence Blanchard performs a new work in the Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland on Nov. 4.
Nov 8, 2018 12:15 PM
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard packed the house Nov. 4 when he staged the world premiere of his stirring “OUR VOICES:…
The Art Ensemble of Chicago performs at the Tampere Jazz Happening in Tampere, Finland.
Nov 6, 2018 11:09 AM
Certain salient historical legacies stand out in Tampere: It’s where Lenin and Stalin plotted the Russian Revolution…
Aubrey Logan performs at Birdland during a celebration of Resonance Records’ 10-year anniversary.
Nov 1, 2018 10:27 AM
Los Angeles-based Resonance Records has built an enviable reputation unearthing and artfully packaging gems by iconic…
Artifacts — Nicole Mitchell (left) Tomeka Reid and Mike Reed — perform at Edgefest in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Oct 26, 2018 9:36 AM
“Chicago—Out Kind of Town” was the theme for college town Ann Arbor, Michigan’s 22nd annual Edgefest, which ran…
Cheryl Pepsii Riley performs Oct. 6 at Hillfest in Washington, D.C.
Oct 18, 2018 9:00 AM
Although Stefon Harris was the headliner for Washington, D.C.’s second annual Hillfest on Oct. 6, it was clear that…
Darcy James Argue’s work at Angrajazz sounded like a descendant of Quincy Jones’ 1964 soundtrack for The Pawnbroker.
Oct 15, 2018 4:00 PM
Not many jazz festivals can boast the lush, historic setting of Angrajazz, which celebrated its 20th anniversary Oct.…
