Jan 2, 2024 11:19 PM
Blindfold Test: Nduduzo Makhathini
Much powerful and resonant music has emanated from South Africa and, in part due to the reprehensible cultural scatter…
“I really respect people who could learn this vocabulary and find a way to express it in a way that is so unique,” Nduduzo Makhathini said of the late pianist Don Pullen during his live Blindfold Test.
Jan 2, 2024 11:19 PM
Much powerful and resonant music has emanated from South Africa and, in part due to the reprehensible cultural scatter…
“They were so in tune with each other, every note just works,” O’Connell said of Bill Evans and Jim Hall’s duo take on “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You.”
Dec 27, 2023 12:22 PM
In his first Blindfold Test, pianist and composer Bill O’Connell worried a bit about guessing artists correctly but…
Henry Threadgill was a major presence at this year’s Jazzfest Berlin.
Dec 27, 2023 12:09 PM
The intricate and thoughtful music of pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson opened the well-curated…
A great Chicago blues night at SPACE, from left, Mike Wheeler, Roosevelt Purifoy, Cleo Cole, Bob Stroger, Billy Boy Arnold, Dave Specter, Sheryl Youngblood, Tad Robinson, Julia Miller, Larry Williams, Dick Shurman and Elbio Barilari.
Dec 12, 2023 12:44 PM
Chicago-based Delmark Records, founded by Bob Koester in St. Louis in 1953, is the oldest continually operating…
An opening-weekend high point came in the form of Chicago drummer Makaya McCraven’s show at the Barbican with the London Contemporary Orchestra.
Dec 5, 2023 12:40 PM
The EFG London Jazz Festival and the show keeps on getting bigger and bigger. This year’s 31st edition, which took…
Sumi Tonooka (left) and Jen Shyu perform at the Jazz Gallery on Nov. 5.
Nov 14, 2023 10:59 AM
When Jen Shyu, Sumi Tonooka and Val Jeanty got together in February for a freely improvised set at the Stone, they…
Endea Owens takes the Blindfold Test with writer Ashley Kahn onstage at this summer’s NorthSea Jazz Festival.
Nov 6, 2023 3:03 AM
At this early stage of her career, the bassist and bandleader Endea Owens — a product of the Detroit music scene…
EFG London Jazz Festival brought three acts of its popular “Moment’s Notice” performance series to Enjoy Jazz on Oct. 9.
Nov 6, 2023 2:09 AM
In the second week of its 25th anniversary edition, Enjoy Jazz fortified its position among international music…
John Scofiled was the showcase artist at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival.
Oct 24, 2023 11:23 AM
The 66th Monterey Jazz Festival (including the cancelled festival of 2020) was the final one to have Tim Jackson as…
“Johnny O’Neil has such charisma, when he sits at the piano he commands attention,” observed pianist Sullivan Fortner, his duet partner at this year’s Detroit Jazz Fest.
Oct 17, 2023 12:09 PM
A bold move by president/artistic director Chris Collins at the 44th Detroit Jazz Fest — ditching one of the four…
