Apr 2, 2024 12:47 PM
Vossa Jazz Makes a Big, Diverse Noise
Last year, the Vossa Jazz Festival in Western Norway officially joined the rare ranks of jazz fests at 50. It is an…
David Murray and his trio mates engage in a visceral yet sensitive blowout at this year’s Vossa Jazz Festival.
Apr 2, 2024 12:47 PM
Last year, the Vossa Jazz Festival in Western Norway officially joined the rare ranks of jazz fests at 50. It is an…
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.
Mar 19, 2024 3:37 PM
To get from one’s car to the Old Church, a beautifully refurbished old building in a corner of Portland, Oregon’s…
Vijay Iyer (left) and Nicole Mitchell perform music by Andrew Hill at Harlem Stage’s Gatehouse on March 1.
Mar 12, 2024 11:17 AM
A program of music by the late Andrew Hill is right up Harlem Stage’s alley. “Let’s get real: This is what we…
The full cast of the centennial celebration for Max Roach, held Jan. 26 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Feb 13, 2024 1:56 PM
Toward the middle of the lengthy centennial celebration for the great drummer and composer Max Roach (1924–2007) at…
Mary Halvorson expanded her hollowbody guitar to match her imaginative foot-pedal-assisted forays at this year’s NYC Winter Jazzfest.
Feb 6, 2024 1:59 PM
Crisscrossing dozens of venues, in multiple New York neighborhoods, presenting smart lineups and thoughtful creative…
Opening night featured the duo of Miami native Cécile McLorin Salvant and Sullivan Fortner.
Jan 23, 2024 11:45 AM
Between Jan. 4 and Jan. 7, as northerners froze, Miami Beach held the (mostly) outdoors South Beach Jazz Festival.…
“I really respect people who could learn this vocabulary and find a way to express it in a way that is so unique,” Nduduzo Makhathini said of the late pianist Don Pullen during his live Blindfold Test.
Jan 2, 2024 11:19 PM
Much powerful and resonant music has emanated from South Africa and, in part due to the reprehensible cultural scatter…
“They were so in tune with each other, every note just works,” O’Connell said of Bill Evans and Jim Hall’s duo take on “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You.”
Dec 27, 2023 12:22 PM
In his first Blindfold Test, pianist and composer Bill O’Connell worried a bit about guessing artists correctly but…
Henry Threadgill was a major presence at this year’s Jazzfest Berlin.
Dec 27, 2023 12:09 PM
The intricate and thoughtful music of pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson opened the well-curated…
A great Chicago blues night at SPACE, from left, Mike Wheeler, Roosevelt Purifoy, Cleo Cole, Bob Stroger, Billy Boy Arnold, Dave Specter, Sheryl Youngblood, Tad Robinson, Julia Miller, Larry Williams, Dick Shurman and Elbio Barilari.
Dec 12, 2023 12:44 PM
Chicago-based Delmark Records, founded by Bob Koester in St. Louis in 1953, is the oldest continually operating…
