Feb 14, 2017 4:04 PM
Thundercat’s “Drunk” Tour Kicks Off in Bay Area
Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner began his much anticipated 21-city, 23-date North American tour on Feb. 12 at The…
Thundercat, aka Stephen Bruner, performs at The Independent club in San Francisco on Feb. 12.
Feb 14, 2017 4:04 PM
Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner began his much anticipated 21-city, 23-date North American tour on Feb. 12 at The…
Branford Marsalis (left) and Kurt Elling pose for a photo at the Chicago Symphony Center, where they performed with Marsalis’ quartet on Jan. 27.
Feb 9, 2017 4:07 PM
Chicago Symphony Center patrons responded to the surprise match-up of the Branford Marsalis Quartet and Kurt Elling by…
Balázs Bágyi (right), president of the Hungarian Jazz Association, performs with his New Quartet during the Hungarian Jazz Showcase and Talent Exchange, which ran Feb. 3–5.
Feb 9, 2017 1:43 PM
Hungary staked its claim as jazz capital of Central Europe February 3–5 as the arts center Müpa…
Kenny Barron (left), Reggie Workman, Al Foster and Jimmy Heath participate in a memorial ceremony for bassist Bob Cranshaw at St. Peter’s Church in New York City on Jan. 30.
Feb 3, 2017 2:40 PM
New York’s St. Peter’s Church was packed to the rafters on Jan. 26. Dozens of spectators crowded into the venue’s…
Billy Hart (second from left), performs at Upstairs in Montreal with bassist Rémi LeBlanc, trombonist Jean-Nicolas Trottier and pianist Jean-Michel Pilc.
Feb 3, 2017 1:59 PM
There was magic at Montreal’s Upstairs Bar & Grill throughout the last weekend of January, when veteran drummer and…
Gary Lucas (center, on stage) performs a live soundtrack to a screening of Too Much Johnson, a silent film by Orson Welles that was thought to have been abandoned by the director in 1938 and rediscovered in 2013.
Feb 2, 2017 12:04 PM
Jan. 27 was a busy day for Gary Lucas. In the morning, he was at the United Nations Headquarters on Manhattan’s East…
Jon Faddis (left) performs with the University of Miami concert big band under the direction of John Daversa at Festival Miami on
Feb 2, 2017 11:31 AM
In the tropical garden otherwise known as the University of Miami, a handful of jazz stars from the Dizzy Gillespie…
Carlos Henriquez (pictured) helmed an octet celebrating the Latin side of Dizzy Gillespie at Jazz at Lincoln Center from Jan. 26–28.
Jan 31, 2017 10:56 AM
Aside from his role as one of the primary architects of bebop, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was one of jazz’s…
George Cables (left) and Joe Lovano take part in a tribute concert to vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson on Jan. 28 in New York City. Hutcherson, who died in August 2016, would have turned 76 this year.
Jan 30, 2017 4:23 PM
A standing-room-only crowd filled the underground sanctuary of midtown Manhattan’s St. Peter’s Church to…
The Jazz at Lincoln Center performs an homage to Dizzy Gillespie during the “Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie” concert series, which ran from Jan. 26-28 at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jan 30, 2017 11:14 AM
Between Jan. 26 and 28, Jazz at Lincoln Center devoted its three performing spaces to programs exploring the legacy of…
