Jun 10, 2025 3:55 PM
Dan Tepfer House Concert Gives Insights into His Writing Process
On the night of May 16, Dan Tepfer found himself working on the 68th floor of an apartment tower directly across the…
“I like to think of composition, especially in jazz, as setting up a system of constraints and finding the freedom within those constraints,” said pianist Dan Tepfer, shown here with saxophonist Ben Wendel.
Jun 10, 2025 3:55 PM
On the night of May 16, Dan Tepfer found himself working on the 68th floor of an apartment tower directly across the…
Elena Pinderhughes (left), Paquito D’Rivera, Birsa Chatterjee, Jon Faddis and Terri Lyne Carrington at the James Moody Centennial Celebration.
Jun 3, 2025 11:05 AM
In the spring and summer of 2000, while reporting a DownBeat profile framed around James Moody’s 75th birthday…
Branford Marsalis with pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner at this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
May 13, 2025 12:34 PM
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is a bounteous banquet of music, from local New Orleans and Louisiana bayou…
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock (left) performs “Chameleon” at the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with Elena Pinderhughes, Oran Etkin, Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci, Etienne Charles, Tomoaki Baba, Tia Fuller and Nils Landgren.
May 5, 2025 11:28 PM
This year’s edition of International Jazz Day served as its most peculiar chapter so far as jazz luminaries from…
Concert images from this year’s jazzahead! conference, clockwise from top left: Schubert NOW, Nils Kugelmann Trio, Kasiva Mutua, Benjamin Jephta Sextet.
May 5, 2025 10:20 PM
Bremen, Germany, is certainly not one of the most likely spots for the world’s largest annual jazz industry…
Charles Lloyd (left) and Julian Lage perform at the Zakir Hussain memorial concert on Feb. 28.
Mar 18, 2025 2:50 PM
During his 54 years as a Bay Area resident, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had an unspoken reputation with locals as…
Malika Tirolien captivated listeners with her “HighSoul” sound — a singular mix of soul, jazz, R&B and hip-hop.
Mar 4, 2025 12:48 PM
Montrealers are hard-core music lovers. Not even a heavy snowstorm kept them from packing the Cinquième Salle at Place…
Defiance aptly described the shared stance of Amirtha Kidambi (left) and Maria Grand.
Feb 25, 2025 10:31 AM
In Brooklyn’s tight-knit community of socially committed musical improvisers, Amirtha Kidambi is a particularly…
Ivan Lins (left) performs with Jane Monheit and the Pacific Jazz Orchestra on Jan. 17.
Feb 18, 2025 1:13 PM
In 2023, bandleader, composer and arranger Chris Walden brought to fruition — and to the stage — an ambitious idea…
Cynthia Erivo and Herbie Hancock perform “Fly Me To The Moon” during a Grammy Awards tribute to Quincy Jones on Feb. 2.
Feb 3, 2025 10:21 PM
The jazz and blues community may not have been center stage for the majority of the 67th annual Grammy Award…
