Etienne Charles and his Creole Orchestra drew liberally on sources beyond the Trinidad native’s comfort zone.

​“She reminds me of my childhood and makes we want to cry,” Cécile McLorin Salvant, pictured here with writer Ashley Kahn, said of Dianne Reeves.

​Albert “Tootie” Heath with friends en route to a live Blindfold Test at New York University in spring of 2018. From left: Ashley Kahn, Russell Hall, Heath, Jimmy Cobb and Emmet Cohen.

“I had total confidence and trust that they were brilliant musicians and would come up with something amazing, which they did,” Harris said of his Blackout band members after their AI-enriched performance at Harlem’s Victoria Theater on Feb. 18.

Herbie Hancock demonstrated his ageless piano brilliance during the International Jazz Day main concert on April 30 in Tangier, Morocco.

​Snarky Puppy virtually tore the roof off the downtown venue Viru Keskus during its crowd-thrilling Jazzkaar Festival performance in April.

​Luciana Souza and Trio Corrente began their current U.S. tour with a performance at Boston’s Regattabar.

Henry Threadgill performs with Zooid at Big Ears in Knoxville, Tennessee.

David Murray and his trio mates engage in a visceral yet sensitive blowout at this year’s Vossa Jazz Festival.

Pianist Sullivan Fortner, who performed at the Old Church with bassist Tyrone Allen and drummer Kayvon Gordon, leads a clinic during the PDX Jazz Festival.