May 12, 2017 12:31 PM
Bay Area Native Mary Stallings Returns to SFJAZZ for Powerhouse Showcase
Since opening its SFJAZZ Center in January 2013, the SFJAZZ organization has appointed a group of Resident Artistic…
Vicente Archer (left), Clarence Penn, Mary Stallings and Steve Nelson perform at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco May 4 as part of the vocalist’s four-day residency.
May 12, 2017 12:31 PM
Since opening its SFJAZZ Center in January 2013, the SFJAZZ organization has appointed a group of Resident Artistic…
Chucho Valdés performs at Birdland in New York City as part of a six-night engagement at the venue.
May 12, 2017 9:38 AM
Most 75-year-olds residing in Miami, Florida, aspire to a comfortable retirement. Not so for master pianist-composer…
John Scofield performed songs from 1976’s Blue Matter and 1996’s Quiet during a retrospective of his work at Jazz at Lincoln Center May 5–6.
May 10, 2017 10:10 PM
While still basking in the glow of his recent Best Jazz Instrumental Album Grammy win for Country For Old Men…
The Paulin Brothers perform at the People’s Health Economy Hall Tent during New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 4.
May 10, 2017 7:48 PM
(Text by David Kunian, with photos by Erika Goldring.)
The audience had already absorbed a lot of music by the time…
Lionel Loueke (left), Dave Holland, Chris Potter and Eric Harland are Aziza. The supergroup performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 6.
May 10, 2017 2:40 PM
During this baseball season, it’s a treat to sit in the crowded wooden bleacher seats of Fenway Park in Boston under…
Diane Reeves (left), Dee Dee Bridgewater and Esperanza Spalding pay homage to Abbey Lincoln during a tribute performance held in honor of the late singer at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 6.
May 9, 2017 10:42 AM
The Apollo Theater’s Abbey Lincoln Tribute, the centerpiece of its four day Women of the World (WOW) Festival, was a…
Roberto Fonseca performs at the Kriol Jazz Fest in Cabo Verde on April 15.
May 3, 2017 4:06 PM
It’s Easter weekend in Praia, Santiago Island, and the Kriol Jazz Festival is about to kick off. There’s a palpable…
Han Bennink performs at Jazzkaar, a 10-day jazz festival in Tallinn, Estonia, that began April 21.
May 3, 2017 2:08 PM
Jazzkaar, a 10-day extravaganza in Tallinn, Estonia, is mostly set within the Telliskivi Creative City, a hub for the…
David Hazeltine (left), Todd Coolman, Eric Wyatt, Jimmy Heath, Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane, James Carter, James Brandon Lewis, (not seen, Victor Lewis on drums).
May 3, 2017 9:26 AM
The cutting contest has a long and honorable tradition in jazz. So when six improbably gifted tenor saxophonists…
Aly Keita (left), Jan Galega Brönnimann and Lucas Niggli perform at London’s Vortex Jazz Club on April 17.
May 2, 2017 6:49 PM
Following the exceptional opening night performance by bassist Barry Guy, the Intakt Records season at London’s…