May 18, 2016 1:01 PM
Washington, Sanders Channel Psychedelic Spirit in Brooklyn
In the current climate of reconstituted knowledge—where a list of things you might not know or anything evoking Brian…
Kamasi Washington (left) and Ryan Porter perform at Where Spaceways Meet: A Night of Spiritual Jazz, part of the Red Bull Music Academy Festival in Brooklyn on May 8.
May 18, 2016 1:01 PM
In the current climate of reconstituted knowledge—where a list of things you might not know or anything evoking Brian…
Grammy-winning drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. performs at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York on April 29.
May 18, 2016 12:29 PM
In a celebration of “Ellington And Beyond,” the immensely talented drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. and his equally…
Brue Barth demonstrated his distinguished combination of ceaseless imagination and unshakable swing at Mezzrow in New York City on May 7.
May 18, 2016 12:21 PM
The small, narrow listening room Mezzrow, with its strangely perfect acoustics, is an unlikely success in a city full…
Anthony Wilson (left) and Joshua Crumbly perform material from Wilson’s new album, Frogtown, at The Django in Manhattan’s Roxy Hotel.
May 18, 2016 12:18 PM
Early on during his May 5 show at The Django, a new room in Manhattan’s Roxy Hotel inspired by Parisian boites of the…
Aaron Diehl performs on May 5 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as part of the Gilmore Keyboard Festival.
May 18, 2016 12:05 PM
The Aaron Diehl Trio’s performance on May 5 was the debut jazz concert at the Eccentric Café, located inside…
Saxophonist Christoph Irniger (center) leads his namesake quintet, Christoph Irniger Pilgrim, at the Jazzahead! conference in Bremen, Germany, on April 23.
May 18, 2016 12:02 PM
In its 11 years of operation, the biggest jazz “meeting” in Europe has been extending an invitation to musicians,…
Keith Jarrett, seen here in a publicity photo, performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on April 29.
May 18, 2016 11:54 AM
Fifty years after arriving on the international jazz scene, pianist Keith Jarrett remains one of its greatest…
Keyon Harrold (clockwise, from top left), BIGYUKI and Just in Brown were among the artists who celebrated Revive Music’s 10-year anniversary in New York on April 19.
May 18, 2016 11:50 AM
Revive Music brought artists from its popular roster to Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan on April 19, debuting its “Blue…
Dave Holland (background, second from left) sits in with the NEC Jazz Orchestra under the in Boston on April 21
May 2, 2016 1:20 PM
Kenny Wheeler stood short and was most self-effacing, but wrote unerringly for spacious long forms, and left a legacy…
Dee Dee Bridgewater (left) Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, President Obama and Kurt Elling celebrate International Jazz Day in Washington, D.C., April 29.
May 2, 2016 8:46 AM
Bittersweet moments seeped into the International Jazz Day Global Concert held in Washington, D.C., on April 29. After…
