Jun 13, 2017 1:09 PM
New Names, Familiar Faces Soar at Chicago Blues Fest
The Chicago Blues Festival rarely booked blues-rock stars such as Gary Clark Jr. in its 33 previous incarnations in…
Gary Clark Jr. performs at the Chicago Blues Fest on June 11.
Jun 13, 2017 1:09 PM
The Chicago Blues Festival rarely booked blues-rock stars such as Gary Clark Jr. in its 33 previous incarnations in…
Kahil El’Zabar (left), DavidMurray and Carmen Rothwell perform at Vision Fest in New York City on June 3.
Jun 8, 2017 10:25 PM
The 22nd-annual Vision Festival concluded June 3 with a pair of multidisciplinary performances debuting music by Trio 3…
Chick Corea performs at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival in Florida on May 28.
Jun 7, 2017 11:32 PM
This year’s Jacksonville Jazz Festival, newly centralized in the downtown area, marked a welcome reset for the…
Joachim Kuhn performs at Like a Jazz Machine fest in Dudelange, Luxembourg.
Jun 1, 2017 3:03 PM
This sixth edition of Like A Jazz Machine took place over the long Memorial Day weekend (May 25–28), although in…
Tom Rainey (left), Scot Colley, Julian Lage and Nels Cline perform as the Nels Cline Four at the FIMAV Festival.
May 26, 2017 3:12 PM
Among other new developments at the unique cultural phenomenon that is FIMAV (Festival International Musique Actuelle…
Members of the Sai Anantam Singers perform during a tribute to Alice Coltrane at the Knockdown Center in Queens, New York, on May 21.
May 23, 2017 10:59 AM
Spirituality was an enduring theme in the musical life of Alice Coltrane (1937–2007), the pianist, harpist and widow of…
Randy Brecker (left), a Philadelphia native, performs at the first annual Philadelphia Jazz Festival, which ran from April 23–30.
May 22, 2017 11:48 AM
As Orrin Evans pointed out in the days leading up to the inaugural Philadelphia Jazz Festival April 23–30, Philly’s…
Steve Coleman is developing material for a forthcoming live album.
May 20, 2017 9:19 AM
Hard as it is to put a label on saxophonist Steve Coleman—an established innovator with a MacArthur “Genius”…
Greg Ward (left) with Preston Jackson outside The Whistler in Chicago April 23.
May 18, 2017 7:55 AM
Most jazz up-and-comers have musical mentors, but not so many of those elders serve as life coaches, too. When…
Fabian Almazan, Roy Hargrove, Claudia Acuña and Jon Benitez perform at the Jazz Gallery Awards Gala in New York City on May 15.
May 17, 2017 12:12 PM
It took but a few notes played by alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Fabian Almazan to quiet the room full of…
