Feb 26, 2018 11:20 AM
Antonio Sánchez Performs ‘Birdman’ Score at UCLA
The incidence of screening films along with live musical performances—onstage or in an orchestra pit—is nothing…
Antonio Sánchez accompanied the film Birdman at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Feb. 16 with a display of solo drumming that he composed as the movie’s score.
Feb 26, 2018 11:20 AM
The incidence of screening films along with live musical performances—onstage or in an orchestra pit—is nothing…
Cuban vocalist Daymé Arocena performs with pianist Ernán López-Nussa and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at a recent SFJAZZ gala.
Feb 19, 2018 9:45 AM
A five-plus-hour event on Feb. 1 highlighted personal ties among instrumentalists and strengthened the relationship…
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra seemed to summon the socio-political works of Charles Mingus at a recent performance at the Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Feb 19, 2018 9:33 AM
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra embraced a wealth of jazz history during its winning performance at the…
Joshua Redman performed along with Snarky Puppy bassist Michael League at the second annual GroundUP Music Festival in Miami Beach, Florida, which ran Feb. 9-11.
Feb 16, 2018 2:59 PM
The second annual GroundUP Music Festival, which took place Feb. 9-11 in Miami Beach, felt a bit like paradise.
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Guitarist Camila Meza (left), bassist Matt Clohesy, trombonist Ryan Keberle, drummer Eric Doob and saxophonist John Ellis perform at The Dark Room in St. Louis on Jan. 28.
Jan 30, 2018 5:14 PM
When trombonist Ryan Keberle formed Catharsis, the piano-less group he’s recorded and toured with since 2012, he…
Ron Affif (left) and Mark Whitfield perform with Strings Attached at Zinc Bar as a part of Winter JazzFest
Jan 17, 2018 11:57 AM
Just as the Montreal International Jazz Festival, widely acknowledged as one of the biggest and most comprehensive…
Rez Abbasi’s Invocation performed Saturday at Zinc Bar as part of 2018’s Winter Jazzfest.
Jan 15, 2018 11:00 AM
If Winter Jazzfest acts as a kind of annual State of the Music address—and it does—then the ideal way to consume it…
Ben Sidran (left), Ricky Ford, Peter Giron and Leo Sidran perform at Sunset Sunside in Paris on Nov. 29.
Dec 28, 2017 5:15 PM
When a soulful raconteur such a pianist Ben Sidran teams up with a skillful storyteller like saxophonist Ricky Ford,…
Lewis Achenbach paints on an acrylic sheet as musicians, including flutist Dalia Chin (left), perform at Constellation in Chicago on Dec. 13.
Dec 20, 2017 5:36 PM
The 13th installment of the Jazz Occurrence series—an ongoing run of Chicago-area gatherings that pair visual art…
Erwin Ditzner performs at the 2017 Enjoy Jazz Festival in Mannheim, Germany.
Nov 30, 2017 2:58 PM
Some festivals cram everything into a single weekend, but Enjoy Jazz, in the southwest of Germany, is an epic affair…
