Feb 16, 2017 2:57 PM
Jarrett’s Profoundly Emotional Excursion at Carnegie Hall
As his longtime fans well know, the cornerstone of any improvised concert by pianist Keith Jarrett is tension. Jarrett…
Keith Jarrett (seen here in a publicity photo) performed a solo concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Feb. 15.
Feb 16, 2017 2:57 PM
As his longtime fans well know, the cornerstone of any improvised concert by pianist Keith Jarrett is tension. Jarrett…
Miles Mosley performed at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on Jan. 28.
Feb 14, 2017 4:38 PM
For the last dozen years, the West Coast Get Down has been a collective of supremely versatile Los Angeles musicians,…
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…
