Jan 14, 2019 9:00 AM
Threadgill Premieres New Composition at Cleveland Museum of Art
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid along with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble performed the world premiere of…
Henry Threadgill performs Jan. 11 at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jan 14, 2019 9:00 AM
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid along with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble performed the world premiere of…
Led by Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the memorial concert for Roy Hargrove at Lincoln Center began with a traditional, New Orleans-style second line march.
Jan 9, 2019 4:47 PM
Around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center, as the memorial concert for Roy Hargrove neared its fifth hour,…
Kamasi Washington performs Saturday at SFJAZZ with bassist John Patitucci, drummer Brian Blade and pianist Danilo Pérez during a celebration of Wayne Shorter.
Jan 8, 2019 9:00 AM
At the top of Saturday night’s Wayne Shorter Legacy Celebration in San Francisco, Randall Kline, artistic and…
Trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and drummer Mika Kallio perform during a screening of “Eläimen Kuva” at the We Jazz Festival, which ran Dec. 2-9 in Helsinki, Finland.
Dec 11, 2018 9:30 AM
An important event on the Helsinki jazz scene, now in its sixth year, We Jazz has made a point of staging shows in…
Maja S.K. Ratkje performs at the Rune Grammofon 20th anniversary celebration at Nasjonal Jazzscene in Oslo, Norway.
Dec 7, 2018 9:00 AM
Back in the ’80s, Rune Kristoffersen was a founding member of the Norwegian post-punk/new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi.…
Omara Portuondo performs at the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival.
Nov 26, 2018 4:00 PM
It’s not uncommon for contemporary jazz players to express the need for jazz to be taken to a new, younger generation…
Laurin Talese performs at the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on Nov. 18 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark.
Nov 19, 2018 6:01 PM
Laurin Talese has spent countless hours as a vocal teacher emphasizing the importance of breath control to students.…
Emmylou Harris performs during Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 7.
Nov 15, 2018 9:00 AM
Joni Mitchell was running late.
It’s hard to be anywhere in Los Angeles at 6:30 p.m., unless you leave by 4:30.…
Mary Halvorson performs at JazzFest Berlin, which ran Nov. 1-4 in Berlin, Germany.
Nov 14, 2018 12:22 PM
A festival is supposed to be too much of a good thing. An overabundance, for example, of garlic in Gilroy, California,…
Enrico Rava (left) and Joe Lovano perform at JAZZMI in Milan, Italy.
Nov 13, 2018 4:55 PM
Much of the third edition of the JAZZMI Festival in Milan, which ran Nov. 1-13, transpired at the Triennale Teatro…
