Dec 7, 2016 5:03 PM
Lloyd & Friends Stage ‘Marvel’-ous Show in SoCal
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd sometimes talks about his early desire to be a singer, a desire which has transformed his…
Lucinda Williams (left) with Charles Lloyd at the Lobero Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 28.
Dec 7, 2016 5:03 PM
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd sometimes talks about his early desire to be a singer, a desire which has transformed his…
Leslie Pintchik performs at Jazz at Kitano in New York on Dec. 1.
Dec 5, 2016 5:18 PM
At the beginning of her trio set last Thursday evening at the Manhattan jazz boîte known as Jazz at Kitano, Leslie…
Wynton Marsalis performs during a tribute to author and theoretician Albert Murray on Nov. 28 at the 92nd Street Y in New York.
Dec 2, 2016 2:34 PM
Novelist Ayana Mathis was shocked when she first discovered the writing of critic, essayist and fellow fiction writer…
Jason Moran gives a lecture to Jazztopad attendees prior to his show at the festival on Nov. 18.
Dec 1, 2016 3:37 PM
The Jazztopad festival in Wroclaw, Poland, is deeply invested in the idea of commissioning new works. That message was…
John Medeski (left), Chris Wood and Billy Martin (seen here in a publicity photo) performed in On Air Studio in Cleveland on Nov. 18.
Nov 29, 2016 5:16 PM
Count on Medeski Martin & Wood to throw a very entertaining party. With the help of illustrious friends, the deeply…
Nov 29, 2016 5:10 PM
Though Chicago is a landlocked cultural oasis and despite the xenophobia of current times, the city is still a…
Joe Lovano (left) and Chucho Valdés (seen here in a publicity photo) performed at Birdland in New York Nov. 22–27.
Nov 29, 2016 5:05 PM
Joe Lovano and Chucho Valdés first met in 1986, when Lovano played the Havana Jazz Festival with Charlie Haden’s…
Wayne Shorter (left) and John Patitucci perform at the Jazztopad Festival in Worclaw, Poland.
Nov 29, 2016 5:00 PM
There may be some poetic justice in the fact that Jazztopad, one of the more innovative and important of the…
Deelee Dubé performs during the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in Newark, New Jersey, on Nov. 20.
Nov 29, 2016 4:53 PM
Deelee Dubé’s performance during the final round of the 2016 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in…
Cándido Camero performs at a tribute concert in his honor in New York on Nov. 18.
Nov 22, 2016 4:26 PM
NEA Jazz Master Cándido Camero is among the last contemporaries of Cuban conguero Chano Pozo, who, in the late 1940s,…
