Nov 11, 2019 9:48 AM
Earshot Serves as Platform for Thriving Seattle Scene
Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival, a five-week fall marathon known for forward-looking programming, presented 56…
Wayne Horvitz conducts the Seattle Modern Orchestra during the Earshot Jazz Festival, which ran Oct. 4–Nov. 6 in Seattle.
Nov 11, 2019 9:48 AM
Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival, a five-week fall marathon known for forward-looking programming, presented 56…
Egberto Gismonti flew to New York from his home in Brazil for ECM Records at 50, a Nov. 1 and 2 celebration of the imprint at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
Nov 8, 2019 1:41 PM
The curation for ECM Records at 50, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute to the famed record label on Nov. 1 and 2 in New…
French violinist Théo Ceccaldi performs with his ensemble, Freaks, during the Belgrade Jazz Festival, which ran Oct. 21-28 in the Serbian capital.
Nov 8, 2019 12:05 PM
On the penultimate evening of the 35th annual Belgrade Jazz Festival, which ran Oct. 21-28 in the Serbian capital,…
John Scofield performs with the Danish Radio Big Band on Oct. 24 during the Umeå Jazzfestival, which ran Oct. 23-27 in Umeå, Sweden.
Nov 1, 2019 11:25 AM
Perched about 400 miles above Stockholm, the cultured university town of Umeå hosted its namesake festival, curated by…
Keyboardist Aaron Parks performs with his Little Big ensemble Oct. 9 at Mr. Musichead Gallery in Los Angeles as a part of the Angel City Jazz Festival.
Nov 1, 2019 10:31 AM
Rocco Somazzi has exceptionally good taste.
At a trendy eatery in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles, the…
Joe Lovano’s new ensemble, Universal Jazz Ensemble, premiered in the Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Oct. 18.
Oct 22, 2019 1:05 PM
On hearing about Joe Lovano’s new septet, Universal Jazz Ensemble, his legion of longtime fans were struck by a sense…
Miguel Zenón steered past his most recent release, a lovely tribute to the work of Ismael Rivera, and headed right into muscular post-bop territory during the Angrajazz festival, which ran Oct 3-5 on Terceira Island in the Azores.
Oct 21, 2019 11:21 AM
The small consortium behind Angrajazz—the jazz festival that has been taking place on Terceira Island in the Azores…
Kasia Pietrzko performs during the Jazz Forum Showcase in Szczecin, Poland, which ran Oct. 1–3.
Oct 7, 2019 5:41 PM
The inaugural edition of Jazz Forum Showcase Powered by Szczecin Jazz, which ran from Oct. 1–3 in Szczecin, a…
Co-artistic Director Derrick Hodge performed multiple sets with various ensembles during the 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival, which ran Sept. 27-29 in Monterey, California.
Oct 2, 2019 11:42 AM
On the Jimmy Lyons Stage at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which ran Sept. 27-29 in Monterey, California,…
The Vail Jazz Party House Band—Wycliffe Gordon (left), Terell Stafford, Lewis Nash, Dick Oates, John Clayton, Bill Cunliffe—performs Aug. 31 during the Vail Jazz Party’s 25th anniversary edition.
Sep 5, 2019 10:40 AM
For the Vail Jazz Party’s 25th anniversary edition during the Labor Day weekend, eight women of advancing years made…
