Aug 10, 2017 3:52 PM
Duos and More Highlight Eighth Annual Ystad Jazz Festival
Analyzing the status and “map” of the European jazz festival circuit is an inexact science and art, but general…
Jan Lundgren (left) leads a quartet featuring Dan Berglund, Jukka Pekka and Morton Lund at the Ystad Jazz Festival Aug. 5 in Ystad, Sweden.
Aug 10, 2017 3:52 PM
Analyzing the status and “map” of the European jazz festival circuit is an inexact science and art, but general…
In the spotlight: Tony Bennett at Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois, on Aug. 4
Aug 7, 2017 4:05 PM
Just after Tony Bennett jaunted onstage at Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois, on Aug. 4, he sang the Gordon Jenkins…
Charles Lloyd performs during the Funchal Jazz Festival in Madeira, Portugal, on July 15.
Aug 2, 2017 1:44 PM
The 18th annual Funchal Jazz Festival, which transpired July 13–15 in the capital city of Madeira, a Portuguese…
Alexander von Schlippenbach (left), Rudi Mahall, Uli Jennessen and Axel Dörner perform at the Molde Jazz Festival in Norway. (Obscured: bassist Jan Roder)
Jul 27, 2017 2:38 PM
Vijay Iyer has done more than his share in the contemporary cause of musical border-crossing and idiom-fusing in—and…
Shabaka Hutchings (left) and Kamasi Washington perform during the Gent Jazz Festival in Belgium.
Jul 26, 2017 3:46 PM
The Gent Jazz Festival always presents one of the most adventurous marriages between the music’s hardcore root and…
Pedrito Martinez (left) and Angélique Kidjo perform during the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, on July 12.
Jul 26, 2017 2:01 PM
This year’s Umbria Jazz festival in Perugia, Italy, once again featured an ambitious multifaceted program that ranged…
Seun Kuti (foreground) performs during the Paris New York Heritage Festival in Manhattan on July 16.
Jul 25, 2017 3:27 PM
Was the decision to sandwich vibraphonist Roy Ayers in between two sprawling Afrobeat bands a savvy piece of jazz…
David Wong (left), Jimmy Heath, Kenny Washington and Benny Golson perform at the 92nd Street Y in New York on July 19.
Jul 24, 2017 4:08 PM
“Jazz is alive at the 92nd Street Y,” WBGO radio personality Rhonda Hamilton announced to the sold-out house that…
John Beasley (center) is the leader of MONK’estra. The group performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival on July 7.
Jul 24, 2017 12:27 PM
From the Afro-Cuban re-imagining of “Epistrophy” to a lively rap version of “Brake’s Sake,” Thelonious…
Robert Fripp, of the band King Crimson, performs during the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal in Canada on July 3.
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…
