Oct 18, 2018 9:00 AM
Hillfest Aims to Bolster the D.C. Jazz Scene
Although Stefon Harris was the headliner for Washington, D.C.’s second annual Hillfest on Oct. 6, it was clear that…
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.…
Ashley Paul performs Oct. 6 in Brooklyn at the ISSUE Project Room.
Oct 9, 2018 9:29 AM
For about 40 years, pianist Anthony Coleman has been proving himself as a composer, interpreter and improvisor who’s…
Tatiana Eva-Marie and her Avalon Jazz Band explore the connection between Paris and New Orleans Sept. 30 at The McKittrick Hotel during the New York Hot Jazz Festival.
Oct 4, 2018 9:00 AM
The sixth annual New York Hot Jazz Festival, held on Sept. 30, celebrated both the New Orleans Tricentennial and the…
Richmond, Virginia’s No BS! Brass Band performs at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Oct 1, 2018 10:34 AM
Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival, the longest continually running jazz festival in…
Pianist, vocalist, songwriter and arrangerSarah McKenzie premiered San Francisco—Paris Of The West on Sept. 14 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, California.
Sep 24, 2018 5:00 PM
There weren’t any commemorative items for sale at the world premiere of Sarah McKenzie’s accomplished and wholly…
Dave McMurray (left), Esperanza Spalding, Ravi Coltrane and Terri Lyne Carrington pay tribute to the late Geri Allen at the 2018 Detroit Jazz Festival.
Sep 4, 2018 4:08 PM
Over Labor Day weekend in Detroit, many buildings hung their flags at half-mast, as the city laid to rest its favorite…
Lalah Hathaway performs at the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest.
Aug 21, 2018 3:20 PM
It was still a comfortable 80 degrees on an early August evening when the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest kicked off, its…
Andrea Motis recently taught and performed at Stanford University in California.
Aug 17, 2018 3:30 PM
The creative seeds that 23-year-old trumpeter and vocalist Andrea Motis has been planting since her days as a teen…
Bassist Greg Cohen (from left), trumpeter Dave Douglas, drummer Joey Baron and saxophonist John Zorn perform as Masada at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal.
Aug 10, 2018 8:55 AM
This annual festival in Lisbon, Portugal, long programmed by Rui Neves, consistently has offered one of Europe’s most…
