Jul 20, 2017 3:12 PM
Art Ensemble of Chicago Reunites in Norway
The Kongsberg Jazz Festival, held every summer in an otherwise sleepy silver mining town about 90 minutes from Oslo,…
Roscoe Mitchell of the Art Ensemble of Chicago performs during the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Oslo, Norway, on July 7.
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,…
Members of A Tribe Called Quest. The hip-hop collective performed at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago on July 15.
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…
The progressive rock band King Crimson concludes its concert at the Montreal Jazz Festival on July 3.
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…
The band LoFi, featuring saxophonist Laura Toxvaerd (right), performs during the Copenhagen Jazz Fest.
Jul 18, 2017 11:15 AM
The 10-day Copenhagen Jazz Festival has been happening every July since 1979, completely taking over this Danish…
Kurt Rosenwinkel performs during the Funchal Jazz Festival in Madeira, Portugal.
Jul 18, 2017 9:11 AM
The Funchal Jazz Festival, which transpires annually in the capital city of Madeira, a Portuguese island about 250…
Tony Allen performs at (le) Poisson Rouge in New York’s Greenwich Village on July 5.
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…
Patrick Higgins, Greg Fox and Sam Hillmer of Zs. The group performed at Sunnyvale in Brooklyn on July 6.
Jul 10, 2017 5:50 PM
The techniques of saxophonists like Ethiopian player Getatchew Mekurya and Texas tenors Gene Ammons and Tina Brooks, as…
Roy Hargrove (second from right) leads his quintet at the Jazz Forum, in Tarrytown, New York, during the venue’s opening week.
Jul 10, 2017 12:10 PM
For area jazz fans, the news in September 2015 that indefatigable impresario and trumpet/flugelhorn player Mark…
Luis Perdomo (left), Miguel Zenón, Hans Glawischnig and Henry Cole perform at Bogui Jazz in Madrid on July 2.
Jul 6, 2017 12:22 PM
When alto saxophone player Miguel Zenón and his quartet took the stage at Bogui Jazz in Madrid for the group’s…
Rez Abbasi (left), Miles Okazaki and Nels Cline perform at the Greenwich House in New York City on June 30.
Jul 5, 2017 1:47 PM
Some of the most adventurous programming in New York during the span of a week in June took place at the Greenwich…
