May 27, 2025 5:49 PM
Coleman Mellett: A Tribute 16 Years in the Making
“Spring is coming,” said Jeanie Bryson via FaceTime. The 67-year-old Jersey girl has been a gardener most of her…
A former member of Chuck Mangione’s working band, Coleman Mellett died in a plane crash. Sixteen years later, his debut album is finally being released.
May 27, 2025 5:49 PM
“Spring is coming,” said Jeanie Bryson via FaceTime. The 67-year-old Jersey girl has been a gardener most of her…
Mike Reed is bringing a fresh concept to a live music festival in September with the inaugural Sound & Gravity.
May 20, 2025 11:45 AM
Chicago-based Constellation Performing Arts will present Sound & Gravity, a five-day musical event scheduled to take…
Marcus Shelby, shown here leading his Bay Area-based big band, is the artistic director of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival.
May 20, 2025 11:36 AM
Before Marcus Shelby added Artistic Director of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival to his c.v. in 2021, he’d established a…
“I really like free-jazz, and my foundation is ’50s and ’60s jazz,” says Nanami Haruta. “So I tried to combine all of that music in one album.”
May 20, 2025 11:21 AM
Born in Sapporo, Japan, Nanami Haruta started playing piano at age 5 and gravitated to the trombone when she was only 8…
Chicago area native Pat Leary has released two volumes of solo piano improvisations, with a third on the way.
May 13, 2025 11:54 AM
If you were lucky enough to grab a copy of pianist Pat Leary’s solo debut, Vol. 1, from its 50-unit, limited vinyl…
Modern Warrior LIVE is trumpeter, educator and humanitarian Dominick Farinacci’s most ambitious multidisciplinary work to date.
May 5, 2025 9:56 PM
Cleveland-born trumpeter, humanitarian and educator Dominick Farinacci has spotlighted mental health, social impact and…
In her role at SFJAZZ, Armand will oversee all aspects of the non-profit organization’s business functions.
May 5, 2025 9:26 PM
The SFJAZZ Board of Trustees has appointed Gabrielle Armand as the new chief executive officer of the non-profit jazz…
“It kind of slows down, but it’s still kind of productive in a way, because you have something that you can be inspired by,” Andy Bey said on a 2019 episode of NPR Jazz Night in America, when he was 80. “The music is always inspiring.”
Apr 29, 2025 11:53 AM
Singer Andy Bey, who illuminated the jazz scene for five decades with a four-octave range that encompassed a bellowing…
“It’s my hope that this song cycle brings about a sense of connection and shared experience,” says Rondi Charleston about her new project with Fred Hersch.
Apr 29, 2025 11:27 AM
Projects produced during the pandemic are hardly in short supply. But few are as pointed, or as poignant, as Suspended…
The 2025 NEA Jazz Masters
Apr 22, 2025 12:02 PM
The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will…
