Nov 17, 2016 3:07 PM
Degibri’s Joyful Concert Bridges Divides on Election Night in NYC
On a night when Donald Trump’s stunning presidential victory underscored the deep partisan differences in the…
Eli Degibri
Nov 17, 2016 3:07 PM
On a night when Donald Trump’s stunning presidential victory underscored the deep partisan differences in the…
Mette Henriette performs at the 2016 Berlin Jazz Festival in Germany.
Nov 17, 2016 3:04 PM
The English journalist Richard Williams is now into his second year as programmer for the Berlin Jazzfest, which was…
Rob Mazurek performs at the 2016 Belgrade Jazz Festival in Belgrade, Serbia.
Nov 17, 2016 2:58 PM
Perhaps the Belgrade Jazz Festival would be considered something of a fresh discovery to many visitors arriving from…
Carmen Lundy (left), Darryl Hall and Marvin “Smitty” Smith perform at the Duc de Lombards in Paris.
Nov 17, 2016 2:55 PM
The city of Paris was blessed with an abundance of great music in October and November. Jason Marsalis, who has…
Wadada Leo Smith (foreground) performs with John Lindberg at Woodland Pattern bookstore in Milwaukee on Oct. 30.
Nov 14, 2016 3:59 PM
On Oct. 30, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and bassist John Lindberg completed a Midwest tour to promote their 2015 album,…
Catherine Russell (left), Patti Austin and Angélique Kidjo perform in a tribute to author Ralph Ellison at NJPAC in Newark, New Jersey, on Nov. 1.
Nov 14, 2016 3:56 PM
Jazz and blues were central to Ralph Ellison, author of the 1952 novel Invisible Man. Reminiscing about his childhood…
Nov 14, 2016 3:52 PM
On Feb. 26, 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band, a quintet from New Orleans, entered the Victoria Talking Machine…
Chick Corea is in the midst of a lengthy residency at the Blue Note in New York.
Nov 14, 2016 3:49 PM
Chick Corea does not think small. Try to name another figure who, in celebration of his 75th birthday, could pull off…
John Mayer (foreground) and Pino Palladino perform at the 15th annual Jazz Foundation of America Gala in New York on Oct. 27.
Nov 14, 2016 3:43 PM
The Jazz Foundation of America’s annual “Great Night In Harlem” gala, held this year at the Apollo Theater on…
Kevin Spacey (left), Andra Day, Lizz Wright, Patti Austin and David Alan Grier perform at the ApolloTheater in New York on Oct. 24.
Oct 31, 2016 10:49 AM
It was more than 80 years ago, on Nov. 21, 1934, that a 17-year-old singer named Ella Fitzgerald stepped onto the stage…
