Dec 21, 2016 1:40 PM
Drum Duo Launches First of 3 Predawn Concerts
Chicago free-jazz fans are a devoted bunch. They’re so devoted, in fact, that they braved frigid temperatures and…
Drummers Hamid Drake (left) and Michael Zerang will perform at morning and night on Dec. 21–23.
Dec 21, 2016 1:40 PM
Chicago free-jazz fans are a devoted bunch. They’re so devoted, in fact, that they braved frigid temperatures and…
Candice Hoyes (left) at New York Fasion Week
Dec 19, 2016 8:56 AM
The fashion capital of the world concluded its most coveted event of the year on Sept. 17. As New York Fashion Week…
Matthew Greif (left), Scott Tennant, William Kanengiser and John Dearman are the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
Dec 15, 2016 10:32 AM
For more than 30 years now, the illustrious and versatile Los Angeles Guitar Quartet has earned its bragging rights as…
Donny McCaslin performs with the New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra at Jordan Hall in Boston on Dec. 8
Dec 13, 2016 4:39 PM
Ken Schaphorst, the bandleader at the helm of the New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra, is an intrepid director and…
Jake Shimabukuro (left) and Nolan Verner perform at the Bing Concert Hall in Stanford, California, on Dec. 8.
Dec 12, 2016 1:53 PM
When Jake Shimabukuro triumphantly entered Bing Concert Hall in Stanford, California, on Dec. 8, he flashed an easy…
Yoko Miwa (left) accompanies Sheila Jordan at Thelonious Monkfish in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Dec. 2.
Dec 9, 2016 4:21 PM
Sheila Jordan reigns undisputedly as mellow mistress of any jazz club she visits. She strolled into Thelonious…
Roscoe Mitchell performs at the Stockholm Jazz Festival, which ran from Oct. 7–16 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Dec 9, 2016 2:53 PM
This year’s Stockholm Jazz Festival, held October 7–16, tilted a bit more in the direction of world music, with jazz…
From left to right: Andrew Vogt, Mikel Avery (obscured) Hunter Diamond, Quentin Coaxum and Stu Mindeman perform selections from A Charlie Brown Christmas at the Hubbard Street Lofts in Chicago on Dec. 7.
Dec 8, 2016 8:33 PM
Holiday festivities have been underway since Thanksgiving, but nothing really rings in the Christmas spirit like…
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…
