Jan 17, 2018 11:57 AM
Winter Jazzfest Gilded with Guitarists and Vocalists
Just as the Montreal International Jazz Festival, widely acknowledged as one of the biggest and most comprehensive…
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…
Dee Dee Bridgewater performed songs from her album Memphis … Yes, I’m Ready during a Nov. 16 concert at the EFG London Jazz Festival.
Nov 30, 2017 2:02 PM
London is blessed with a wide variety of music venues, which in turn provide vastly differing atmospheres for the…
Antonio Adolfo performs at The Blue Note in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 11.
Nov 29, 2017 11:51 AM
For all its invigorating musical variety, encompassing everything from Malian blues to French jazz to surreal Serbian…
Steven Bernstein’s Sexmob performs during Roswell Rudd’s 82nd birthday celebration at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Nov. 16. Pictured from left are Mark Helias (subbing for Tony Scherr), Bernstein, Kenny Wollesen and Briggan Krauss.
Nov 28, 2017 12:42 PM
A huge outpouring of love engulfed Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York on Nov. 16 during a celebration of the great…
Tunisian oudist/vocalist Dhafer Youssef performs at Pakkahuone on Nov. 5 during the Tampere Jazz Happening.
Nov 21, 2017 7:33 PM
Finland’s 36th annual Tampere Jazz Happening (Nov. 2–5) once again took place in the usual comforts of three…
Didier Lockwood performs at Igreja da Candalaria in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 10 as part of the MIMO Festival.
Nov 21, 2017 6:59 PM
An American devotee of Brazilian music attending a music festival in Rio de Janeiro might expect to hear a few familiar…
