Apr 25, 2023 12:03 PM
Brick Lane Jazz Festival Harnesses East London Talent
East London’s Brick Lane is best known for its historic South Asian community and the slew of Indian and Pakistani…
Leeds, England-based alto saxophonist Jasmine Myra, far right, led an expansive six-piece group for her festival debut.
Apr 25, 2023 12:03 PM
East London’s Brick Lane is best known for its historic South Asian community and the slew of Indian and Pakistani…
Hal Willner (1956–2020)
Apr 25, 2023 11:36 AM
They came to salute Nino Rota, but in the end they delivered a gift to a dear friend. True, the iconic Italian…
Pianist Amaro Freitas presented a panoramic solo set at this year’s Bergamo Jazz Festival.
Apr 4, 2023 12:16 PM
In programming her third and final Bergamo Jazz Festival, Artistic Director Maria Pia De Vito set a high bar for Joe…
Lloyd performed an 85th birthday concert at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre on March 10.
Mar 14, 2023 11:51 AM
Beyond the musical merits and depths unfolded, Charles Lloyd’s latest concert at Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre…
Hijas del Jazz Orchestra performed at this year’s Panama Jazz Festival.
Mar 7, 2023 12:26 PM
The Panama Jazz Festival has developed into one of the most important events of its kind in the world. While other…
Avreeayl Ra (left) with Ed Wilkerson during a recent Elastic Arts’ Homeroom series show in Chicago.
Feb 14, 2023 10:54 AM
Avreeayl Ra Amen, to put it mildly, is a stalwart of the Chicago scene and the creative music stratosphere…
The final set of the fest was fronted by trumpeter Russ Johnson, shown here with bassist Ethan Philion.
Jan 17, 2023 1:47 PM
The third annual Catalytic Sound Festival (the second “in person” event, the first was virtual) was exponentially…
Calvin Johnson appealed to listeners suffering from dementia during his Lincoln Center Moments program in December.
Dec 20, 2022 10:59 AM
On a chilly Dec. 9 in New York, the charismatic reed player Calvin Johnson gazed out upon the 70 or so people assembled…
Tenor saxophonist Binker Golding produced an unexpected new sound with some of London’s finest young players.
Nov 29, 2022 11:39 AM
Over the past 30 years, U.K. jazz has taken on multiple, ever-changing guises. From the genre-spanning fusions of the…
Charlap crafted an object lesson in how to mine memory to elicit emotion, marry it to intellect and temper it with humor to yield a potent experience.
Nov 29, 2022 11:17 AM
Bill Charlap is a singularly vital figure on the New York scene, widely respected as an exponent of the trio format…