Dec 7, 2018 9:00 AM
Rune Grammofon Marks 20 Years with 2-Day Oslo Concert
Back in the ’80s, Rune Kristoffersen was a founding member of the Norwegian post-punk/new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi.…
Maja S.K. Ratkje performs at the Rune Grammofon 20th anniversary celebration at Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway.
Dec 7, 2018 9:00 AM
Back in the ’80s, Rune Kristoffersen was a founding member of the Norwegian post-punk/new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi.…
Omara Portuondo performs at the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival.
Nov 26, 2018 4:00 PM
It’s not uncommon for contemporary jazz players to express the need for jazz to be taken to a new, younger generation…
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…
