May 24, 2018 9:00 AM
Trondheim Fest Dispatches Unique Visions of Jazz
Celebrating its 39th installment, Norway’s Trondheim Jazzfestival, which ran May 8-13, slotted starry Americans…
Storløkken’s Twilight Saloon performs at the Dokkhuset venue during Norway’s Trondheim Jazzfestival.
May 24, 2018 9:00 AM
Celebrating its 39th installment, Norway’s Trondheim Jazzfestival, which ran May 8-13, slotted starry Americans…
Bassist-composer Mario Pavone (left) led his Dialect Trio, which also includes drummer Tyshawn Sorey and pianist Matt Mitchell, through a pair of sets Friday, May 18 at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, Connecticut.
May 22, 2018 9:00 AM
Bassist-composer and Connecticut’s favorite son Mario Pavone brought his dynamic Dialect Trio—featuring outstanding…
LYAMBIKO performs at Jazzfest Bonn.
May 16, 2018 1:46 PM
A serious musical lineage long has been part of the civic bone structure of Bonn, Germany.
Most famously, it is the…
Charles Lloyd performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28.
May 15, 2018 9:52 AM
When all the gumbo’s been digested following seven days of music at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it…
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (left) and Denardo Coleman perform April 29 at the Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music Festival in Philadelphia.
May 10, 2018 9:37 AM
The final show of electric bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma’s fourth annual Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music…
The Avarus Trio, comprising Mari-Liis Vihermäe (left), Heigo Rosin and Mingo Rajandi, performs at the Jazzkaar Festival’s Estonian showcase in Tallinn, Estonia.
May 9, 2018 9:40 AM
It can take a few days for a festival’s character to emerge, with settings and shows only gradually collecting into a…
Ben Williams (left), Oleg Butman and James Morrison perform in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the April 30 celebration of International Jazz Day.
May 3, 2018 10:22 AM
Amplifying cultural exchange and diplomacy more than igniting heated sociopolitical debates has become an unspoken rule…
Horse Orchestra performs April 20 at Kulturzentrum Schlachthof as part of jazzahead! in Bremen, Germany.
May 2, 2018 10:04 AM
“This is the most useful tool for international networking in Europe,” said Cyril Moshkow, board member of the…
Dr. Lonnie Smith performs at one of three sets on April 5 at the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia.
May 1, 2018 9:25 AM
Although the Savannah Music Festival embraces all forms of American roots music, most of its jazz programming takes…
Albert “Tootie” Heath, as well as his brother Jimmy Heath, were honored April 20 at The Apollo Theater in Harlem with lifetime achievement awards from the Jazz Foundation of America.
Apr 24, 2018 11:09 AM
The Jazz Foundation of America has issued a call to offer assistance to musicians who have fallen on hard times.
The…
