Jun 6, 2023 9:00 AM
Help Mars Williams Beat Cancer
Aerophonic Records has set up a GoFundMe campaign for saxophonist Mars Williams, a prolific artist in the creative…
Aerophonic Records has set up a GoFundMe to support Williams, who’s being treated for ampullary cancer.
Jun 6, 2023 9:00 AM
Aerophonic Records has set up a GoFundMe campaign for saxophonist Mars Williams, a prolific artist in the creative…
“I’ve made some big changes from pre-COVID to post-COVID Lucy,” Yeghiazaryan said.
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Nearly three years after the world locked down, artists continue exploring resonances of solitude in their music. On…
Hajdu assembled a cast of composers, musicians and singers to create his song cycle The Parsonage.
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David Hajdu, the eminent biographer, cultural historian, music critic and journalism professor, has heeded T.S.…
Edward “Kidd” Jordan
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The jazz world lost three of its most impassioned and dedicated practitioners in early April of this year. Here, we…
Wong interviews other guitarists he admires on his Wong Notes podcast.
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A modern day practitioner of the “chanking” rhythm guitar method developed by James Brown sideman Jimmy Nolen —…
Mutual Mentorship for Musicians will honor pianist/composer/educator Michele Rosewoman on June 13.
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When the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020, musicians Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa co-founded Mutual Mentorship for…
Applications for the 2023 competition are due July 31. This year’s event will focus on the piano.
May 23, 2023 12:11 PM
Applications for the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Competition are due by July 31, with a finals…
At 65, Branker feels he is just coming into his own as a composer.
May 16, 2023 2:21 PM
While the trajectory of a jazz musician’s career often follows a somewhat logical arc, others take more complex and…
Wayne Shorter: 1933–2023
May 9, 2023 11:53 AM
By the time the so-called riots of 1967 engulfed Wayne Shorter’s native Newark, New Jersey, the saxophonist had…
“I wanted Kurt [Rosenwinkel] to kill it and he did,” saxophonist Jim Snidero says of the title track from Far Far Away.
May 9, 2023 11:43 AM
Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero’s latest date, Far Far Away, stands as a career milestone. He’s reached the plateau of…
