May 2, 2016 8:46 AM
President Obama, Jazz Icons Gather for ‘Jazz Day’ Concert
Bittersweet moments seeped into the International Jazz Day Global Concert held in Washington, D.C., on April 29. After…
Dee Dee Bridgewater (left) Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, President Obama and Kurt Elling celebrate International Jazz Day in Washington, D.C., April 29.
May 2, 2016 8:46 AM
Bittersweet moments seeped into the International Jazz Day Global Concert held in Washington, D.C., on April 29. After…
Dave Gisler (left), Florian Egli and Martina Berther of Weird Beard perform at this year’s Jazzahead! conference in Bremen, Germany.
May 2, 2016 7:16 AM
Jazz forces from around the globe converged in Bremen, Germany, in late April for Jazzahead!, a conference with…
The SFJAZZ Collective performed the music of Michael Jackson at the Dakota in Minneapolis on April 3.
May 2, 2016 7:14 AM
With the sound and energy one might expect from an 18-piece orchestra, the eight-piece SFJAZZ Collective played the…
Pianist Kenny Barron (left) bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake perform at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills on April 16.
May 2, 2016 7:13 AM
Kenny Barron’s April 16 concert at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills served as a showcase for his trio…
Caetano Veloso (left) and Gilberto Gil perform at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York on April 20.
Apr 28, 2016 6:04 PM
When the curtain rose, revealing the two silver-haired gentlemen seated center-stage and already strumming their…
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 22.
Apr 28, 2016 6:02 PM
Traditionally taking place over two weekends in late April and early May, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is…
Anat Cohen (third from left, with clarinet) leads her tentet at the Jazz Standard in New York on April 19
Apr 28, 2016 6:00 PM
Listening to clarinetist Anat Cohen and her new tentet perform original material at the Jazz Standard on April 19 was…
Ran Blake
Apr 28, 2016 5:57 PM
Chicago has a remarkably fertile music scene, buoyed in no small part by the 2013 opening of Constellation, a music…
Oliver Lake (left), George Sams and Darrell Mixon perform at the Ferring Jazz Bistro in St. Louis on April 21 as part of Jazz St. Louis’ “Jazz Speaks” series.
Apr 28, 2016 5:53 PM
Jazz St. Louis, the non-profit group that books world-class jazz artists at the Ferring Jazz Bistro, kicked off an…
Neil Leonard (left) and Terence Blanchard (right, foreground) perform during the “Wired for Jazz” student showcase at Berklee College of Music in Boston on April 21.
Apr 28, 2016 5:50 PM
The mood was subdued inside Boston’s sparsely populated Berklee Performance Center on April 21, that day having…
