Oct 17, 2016 2:32 PM
National Museum of African American History & Culture Honors Jazz Icons
As part of Freedom Sounds, a weekend-long festival in Washington, D.C., that celebrated the opening of the…
Former First Lady Laura Bush (left), President George W. Bush, First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama at the Sept. 24 opening ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Oct 17, 2016 2:32 PM
As part of Freedom Sounds, a weekend-long festival in Washington, D.C., that celebrated the opening of the…
Matana Roberts at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival in Chicago
Oct 17, 2016 9:56 AM
On the afternoon of Sept. 25, mulling over how to open this review as I ambled between the music stages on Midway…
Alvester Garnett (left), Charenée Wade and Camille Thurman perform at the Lake George Jazz Festival in New York on Sept. 17.
Oct 17, 2016 9:46 AM
Lake George is a scenic village in upstate New York, located about three hours north of Manhattan on the shores of the…
Trumpeters Ingrid Jensen (left), Jason Palmer, Theo Croker, Darren Barrett, Maurice Brown and Marquis Hill perform at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Sept. 21
Oct 17, 2016 9:41 AM
The Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT), founded by Dave Douglas in 2003, has become an extensive, ambitious…
Shemekia Copeland (left) with Fifth Star honoree Buddy Guy in Chicago on Sept. 14.
Oct 17, 2016 9:38 AM
Chicago blues king Buddy Guy has a National Medal of Arts, a Kennedy Center Honors award, a truckload of Grammy and…
Jacob Collier performs at the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California, on Sept. 18.
Oct 10, 2016 4:12 PM
Youth has never been wasted or neglected at the Monterey Jazz Festival—a result, no doubt, of its year-round education…
Clint Eastwood (left) and Quincy Jones at the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, California
Oct 10, 2016 4:03 PM
One of the highlights of the 59th annual Monterey Jazz Festival was the big band-heavy Tribute to Quincy Jones: The A&M…
Pete McCandless performs at Birdland on Sept. 15 as a special guest with the trio Charged Particles.
Oct 10, 2016 3:56 PM
The Bay Area trio Charged Particles, led by drummer Jon Krosnick and featuring keyboardist Murray Low and inventive…
Pat Metheny plays his Pikasso guitar during a performance at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California, on Sept. 14.
Oct 10, 2016 3:51 PM
Pat Metheny startled many longtime fans by actually taking some time off last year, but the prolific and restlessly…
Jimmy Owens (left) receives the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Jazz Legacy Award from Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) on Sept 16.
Oct 10, 2016 3:44 PM
This year’s Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, D.C., honored Jazzmobile, the pioneering New York City-based…
