Mar 30, 2017 11:01 AM
Big Ears Festival Embraces Jazz Experimentalism
Perched on a stool in front of a projector screen and nestled behind a laptop, alto saxophonist Matana Roberts had a…
Carla Bley was among the jazz-leaning instrumentalists that performed at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 23-26.
Mar 30, 2017 11:01 AM
Perched on a stool in front of a projector screen and nestled behind a laptop, alto saxophonist Matana Roberts had a…
Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew of Yo La Tengo
Mar 28, 2017 2:19 PM
Yo La Tengo has a song called “The Story Of Jazz,” and lyric-wise, it really has nothing to do with swing or its…
Nels Cline (left) and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco perform at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on March 21.
Mar 27, 2017 4:26 PM
Wilco’s long-running brand of left-field Americana has endured for decades, giving the band legacy status and helping…
Dee Alexander performs at the Women In Jazz Leadership Initiative concert in Chicago on March 10. (Photo: Lauren Deutsch)
Mar 21, 2017 4:07 PM
March is national Women’s History Month. It’s an occasion to commemorate the role of women in the political,…
Tigran Hamasyan performed at SubCultre in NYC on March 10. At points throughout his show, the pianist layered wordless vocals that sounded other-worldly in pitch.
Mar 15, 2017 9:35 PM
On the end of his five-city U.S. tour, pianist Tigran Hamasyan returned to New York (where he had lived briefly years…
Trombone Shorty opened for the alt-rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, on March 11.
Mar 15, 2017 8:46 PM
The category now known as “Rising Star” in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll once went by the moniker “Talent…
Pat Metheny was celebrated by likeminded guitarists at the Alternative Guitar Summit in New York City on March 10.
Mar 13, 2017 9:09 AM
Guitarist Joel Harrison hit on an inspired notion in 2011 when he decided to gather his favorite on-the-fringe and…
A scene from the opera Champion, which made its East Coast premiere March 4 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Mar 9, 2017 4:09 PM
In Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning movie Moonlight, one of the most defining moments occurs toward the end of the second…
Stephane Wrembel performs during a dress rehearsal for “Django A Gogo” at Carnegie Hall on March 3.
Mar 7, 2017 3:06 PM
Gypsy jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel, a native of Fontainbleau, France, and current resident of Maplewood, New Jersey,…
Eddie Palmieri, who turned 80 in December 2016, celebrated becoming an octogenarian with a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 3.
Mar 6, 2017 7:00 PM
Long hailed as “the Sun of Latin Music” (a moniker taken from his 1974 album of the same name), Eddie Palmieri has…
