Mar 22, 2016 2:43 PM
Mahanthappa, Harris Match Wits in Chicago Double Bill
Chicago Symphony Center’s Jazz Series presented an ambitious double billing Feb. 26 with alto saxophonist Rudresh…
Rudresh Mahanthappa (left) with Stefon Harris at the Symphony Center in Chicago on Feb. 26
Mar 22, 2016 2:43 PM
Chicago Symphony Center’s Jazz Series presented an ambitious double billing Feb. 26 with alto saxophonist Rudresh…
Jimmy Heath leads a 17-piece big band at the Blue Note in New York in honor of his 90th birthday
Mar 22, 2016 2:34 PM
When saxophone legend Jimmy Heath appeared at the Blue Note in New York City on March 9 in celebration of his 90th…
Victor Ryan Robertson (left) Kenneth Kellogg and Mark Hernandez in the production of Terence Blanchard’s Champion: An Opera In Jazz
Mar 22, 2016 2:02 PM
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard’s ambitious Champion: An Opera in Jazz, about the late bisexual boxer Emile Griffith, had…
Sarah Elizabeth Charles (left) sings a duet with high school student Hannah Coleman during a performance at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse in New York on Feb. 24.
Mar 22, 2016 1:52 PM
Forty-five minutes before showtime, fans were already lined up for vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles’s Neighborhood…
The Wet Ink Ensemble payed tribute to avant-garde reedist Anthony Braxton on Jan. 20 at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York.
Mar 22, 2016 1:43 PM
How do you solve the age-old problem of the classical/jazz divide? Or for that matter, how do you approach the more…
Ryan Truesdell (right) conducts the Gil Evans Project featuring Donny McCaslin (left) during the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival in Elmhurst, Illinois, on Feb. 26.
Mar 22, 2016 1:34 PM
For a small city, Elmhurst, Illinois, can accommodate some big jazz talent. That was certainly the case on Feb. 26,…
Kamasi Washington performs material from his three-CD opus The Epic at Webster Hall in New York on Feb. 24.
Mar 22, 2016 1:16 PM
The Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington, arguably the hottest musician in jazz as measured by the…
George Lewis is featured on the album The Kitchen Improvisers 1976–1983.
Feb 25, 2016 4:56 PM
George Lewis’ concert at The Kitchen in Manhattan on Feb. 9 put the spotlight on an archival album that’s not…
John Scofield (left) and Joe Lovano perform material from their album Past Present (Impulse!) at SPACE in Evanston, Illinois, on Feb. 5
Feb 25, 2016 4:46 PM
Guitarist John Scofield is a familiar presence at SPACE in Evanston, Illinois (originally a lofty acronym for Society…
Haitian-American vocalist Pauline Jean performs at the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival in Haiti on Jan.
Feb 18, 2016 5:50 PM
With indelible spirit, the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary in January.…
