Mar 15, 2017 9:35 PM
Hamasyan Sets Mystic Tone in NYC Concert
On the end of his five-city U.S. tour, pianist Tigran Hamasyan returned to New York (where he had lived briefly years…
Tigran Hamasyan performed at SubCultre in NYC on March 10. At points throughout his show, the pianist layered wordless vocals that sounded other-worldly in pitch.
Mar 15, 2017 9:35 PM
On the end of his five-city U.S. tour, pianist Tigran Hamasyan returned to New York (where he had lived briefly years…
Trombone Shorty opened for the alt-rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, on March 11.
Mar 15, 2017 8:46 PM
The category now known as “Rising Star” in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll once went by the moniker “Talent…
Pat Metheny was celebrated by likeminded guitarists at the Alternative Guitar Summit in New York City on March 10.
Mar 13, 2017 9:09 AM
Guitarist Joel Harrison hit on an inspired notion in 2011 when he decided to gather his favorite on-the-fringe and…
A scene from the opera Champion, which made its East Coast premiere March 4 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Mar 9, 2017 4:09 PM
In Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning movie Moonlight, one of the most defining moments occurs toward the end of the second…
Stephane Wrembel performs during a dress rehearsal for “Django A Gogo” at Carnegie Hall on March 3.
Mar 7, 2017 3:06 PM
Gypsy jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel, a native of Fontainbleau, France, and current resident of Maplewood, New Jersey,…
Eddie Palmieri, who turned 80 in December 2016, celebrated becoming an octogenarian with a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 3.
Mar 6, 2017 7:00 PM
Long hailed as “the Sun of Latin Music” (a moniker taken from his 1974 album of the same name), Eddie Palmieri has…
Tony Buck (left), Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton are the Necks, an Australian trio that performed a marathon residency at the Issue Project Room in New York City on Feb. 23–25.
Mar 6, 2017 1:58 PM
For 30 years now, the Australian trio the Necks—pianist Chris Abrahams, drummer Tony Buck and bassist Lloyd…
Scott Colley (let), Ambrose Akinmusire, Brian Blade and Wolfgang Muthspiel perform at the Miner Auditorium in San Francisco on Feb. 26 as part of an ECM label spotlight at SFJAZZ.
Mar 1, 2017 1:39 PM
SFJAZZ recently presented its second extended weekend of musicians who record for the ECM label. Doubling down on the…
Hilary Gardner, Melissa Stylianou and Amy Cervini are Duchess. The vocal trio performed at 55 Bar in NYC on Feb. 22.
Feb 24, 2017 3:36 PM
One of the more delightful aspects of the vintage jazz revival in New York (and elsewhere) in recent years is the…
Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter performed together at Disney Hall in Los Angeles on Feb. 19.
Feb 23, 2017 1:01 PM
Los Angeles is very lucky to count pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Wayne Shorter as residents. Both are American…
