Dee Dee, Kurt and Lakecia raise the roof.
Jan 24, 2023 6:39 PM
Vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Yasushi…
“One of our main goals is to invite people into the music who may not have known they liked jazz,” says Cohen.
Jan 24, 2023 11:59 AM
A pressing question is routinely faced by musicians deprived of live music outlets during COVID times: “What did you…
“In the pantheons of guitar players, Jeff was the chosen one,” said Steve Vai of the late Jeff Beck.
Jan 24, 2023 11:48 AM
One of an iconic triumvirate of ’60s rock guitar gods, along with Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck set the…
Terri Lyne Carrington curated the opening-night concert of New York’s Winter Jazzfest at City Winery.
Jan 24, 2023 11:38 AM
After a two-year hiatus imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, New York’s Winter Jazzfest returned to live performance…
Linda May Han Oh (left) and Jen Shyu perform at the Asia Society in New York on Jan. 12.
Jan 24, 2023 11:13 AM
Defining “jazz” may be a fool’s errand, but the people at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation are not fools.…
The premiere of “100 Dreams” featured a host of stars across the new music scene.
Jan 24, 2023 11:08 AM
Performing at Manhattan’s DiMenna Center for Classical Music, a spacious wood-paneled hall in the city’s Midtown…
“Often, the vibraphone can create this abstract, mellow mood,” says Marsalis, shown here with journalist Michael Jackson.
Jan 17, 2023 2:15 PM
Drummer/vibraphonist Jason Marsalis, in town with the New Orleans Groovemasters, took time for a listening session and…
“The gutbucket blues is really tribulation from stress and hard times,” King says.
Jan 17, 2023 2:04 PM
The elder statesmen of New Orleans blues — Little Freddie King and Guitar “Lightnin” Lee — are both…
Levitt described his process for making Upside Down Mountain as “whatever flowed freely from my heart.”
Jan 17, 2023 1:55 PM
There is something so luminous, open-hearted and wholly unique about the music on Yosef Gutman Levitt’s self-produced…
The final set of the fest was fronted by trumpeter Russ Johnson, shown here with bassist Ethan Philion.
Jan 17, 2023 1:47 PM
The third annual Catalytic Sound Festival (the second “in person” event, the first was virtual) was exponentially…
