Jul 24, 2017 12:27 PM
Beasley’s MONK’estra Takes Thelonious’ Tunes on Wild Ride
From the Afro-Cuban re-imagining of “Epistrophy” to a lively rap version of “Brake’s Sake,” Thelonious…
Jul 24, 2017 12:27 PM
From the Afro-Cuban re-imagining of “Epistrophy” to a lively rap version of “Brake’s Sake,” Thelonious…
Jul 20, 2017 3:34 PM
If visiting Festival International de Jazz de Montreal on July 3, a King Crimson fan would have needed to set aside…
Jul 20, 2017 3:12 PM
The Kongsberg Jazz Festival, held every summer in an otherwise sleepy silver mining town about 90 minutes from Oslo,…
Jul 19, 2017 11:36 AM
With as diverse a lineup as ever, the 13th-annual Pitchfork Music Festival was held at Union Park in Chicago. It’s…
Jul 19, 2017 10:47 AM
Of all the venues that present concerts during the Montreal Jazz Festival, none is more intimate than the 425-seat…
Jul 18, 2017 11:15 AM
The 10-day Copenhagen Jazz Festival has been happening every July since 1979, completely taking over this Danish…
Jul 18, 2017 9:11 AM
The Funchal Jazz Festival, which transpires annually in the capital city of Madeira, a Portuguese island about 250…
Jul 11, 2017 4:41 PM
Tony Allen was in a buoyant mood after playing an 80-minute set at the club (le) Poisson Rouge in New York’s…
Jul 10, 2017 5:50 PM
The techniques of saxophonists like Ethiopian player Getatchew Mekurya and Texas tenors Gene Ammons and Tina Brooks, as…
Jul 10, 2017 12:10 PM
For area jazz fans, the news in September 2015 that indefatigable impresario and trumpet/flugelhorn player Mark…