Aug 18, 2026 2:15 PM
Indian Guitarist Pritesh Walia Released from ICE Facility After 2-Week Detention
Indian jazz guitarist and composer Pritesh Walia has been released after being unexpectedly detained by ICE and taken…
“The love from the jazz and music community restored my faith in humanity,” Walia wrote in an online post upon his release from detention at an ICE facility.
Aug 18, 2026 2:15 PM
Indian jazz guitarist and composer Pritesh Walia has been released after being unexpectedly detained by ICE and taken…
Oliver Jones’ debut album, Live At Biddle’s Jazz & Ribs, was recorded in 1983, the first release on the Montreal-based label Justin Time.
Aug 18, 2026 1:20 PM
The passing of Canadian treasure Oliver Jones on July 22, at the age of 91, has left a void in the Montreal jazz…
This year’s Reykjavík Jazz Festival runs Aug. 25–30 in Iceland’s Capital Region.
Aug 18, 2026 12:04 PM
In late August, when skygazers across Reykjavík, Iceland, begin glimpsing the Aurora Borealis, the Nordic island’s…
Percussionist Poncho Sanchez was among the artists scheduled to perform at the now-canceled inaugural LA Jazz Festival.
Aug 11, 2026 12:53 PM
The inaugural LA Jazz Festival, originally scheduled to run Aug. 7–23 with dozens of events across Los Angeles’…
In 1993 Bryson signed to the Telarc Jazz label, which released her first album, I Love Being Here With You.
Aug 11, 2026 12:47 PM
Jeanie Bryson, an American singer firmly rooted in the legacies of Peggy Lee and Dinah Washington whose signature style…
Inspired by the sonic world of Bitches Brew, Dad Grass developed a flavor profile intended to feel lush, layered and slightly psychedelic.
Aug 11, 2026 12:38 PM
The low-dose cannabis brand Dad Grass and the Miles Davis Estate have released Miles Davis Bitches Brew by Dad Grass, a…
Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli with Tony Bennett at their wedding reception in 1998.
Aug 4, 2026 12:32 PM
Well, what can be said about Tony Bennett that you don’t already know? As I type this, I’m listening to Tony…
“I’ve always wanted to make something bigger than just my own music and that can relate to my father’s legacy,” Ibrahim Maalouf says of playing his father’s invention, the four-valve trumpet.
Aug 4, 2026 12:17 PM
For the past 20 years, Ibrahim Maalouf has been on tour. Traveling the world with his celebratory jazz and…
“I can talk from the perspective of other parents and what it would be like,” Monika Herzig notes of advocating for her transgender son through music. “So let me do that. That’s the voice I can share.”
Aug 4, 2026 12:13 PM
German-born pianist, composer and educator Monika Herzig has always placed advocacy and humanitarianism at the center…
Johnson provided the slithery, smoky sax lead on Henry Mancini’s theme for the 1963 Peter Sellers film The Pink Panther.
Aug 4, 2026 12:09 PM
Plas Johnson, a jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist whose sound — if not his name — was known to millions of people…
