Apr 18, 2016 4:25 PM
Mack Avenue SuperBand Finds Groove at L.A.’s Disney Hall
When strong, individually driven jazz players gather under the umbrella of an organizational agenda, such as a road…
Christian McBride performs as part of the Mack Avenue SuperBand at the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival
Apr 18, 2016 4:25 PM
When strong, individually driven jazz players gather under the umbrella of an organizational agenda, such as a road…
Linda Oh (left, with bass), Jimmy Heath, Lakecia Benjamin and Karriem Riggins perform at the NEA Jazz Masters ceremony in Washington, D.C., on April 4.
Apr 18, 2016 4:19 PM
Vibraphonist Gary Burton, saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp, and Jazz Foundation of America Executive…
Ethan Iverson (seen here in a press photo) performed with trademark power and accuracy at Smalls Jazz Club in New York on March 19
Apr 18, 2016 4:13 PM
Right from the outset, the presence of a baritone saxophone as this combo’s dominant horn did much to imprint a…
Tony Malaby (seen here in a press photo) performed with three ensembles at Elastic Arts in Chicago on March 24–25.
Apr 5, 2016 11:32 AM
There was a time in jazz when all roads led to New York. Tenor and soprano saxophonist Tony Malaby took that road when…
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Mar 28, 2016 10:42 AM
Flamenco has a firm foothold in the Bay Area, thanks to the 11th Annual San Francisco Flamenco Festival, which…
Norah Jones will headline both the Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival this year.
Mar 28, 2016 10:39 AM
As a testament to her sprawling artistic range, nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones will…
David Holland will headline the Vossa Jazz Festival which takes place in Voss, Norway, from March 18–20
Mar 28, 2016 10:28 AM
Norway’s contribution to the conversation and culture of jazz is by now thoroughly entrenched, in terms of…
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…
