Jan 1, 2018 6:12 PM
NYC Concerts Raise Funds for Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, causing unprecedented devastation, knocking out most of the island’s…
Luis Perdomo (left), Miguel Zenón, Peter Bernstein and Branford Marsalis perform at The Jazz Gallery in New York on Nov. 1.
Jan 1, 2018 6:12 PM
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, causing unprecedented devastation, knocking out most of the island’s…
Dave Douglas in the studio with members of The Westerlies.
Jan 1, 2018 1:22 PM
The indefatigable Dave Douglas is sitting in his composition room surrounded by comfortable couches, a piano, a wall of…
Esperanza Spalding’s new album is titled Exposure.
Jan 1, 2018 12:46 PM
Witnessing Esperanza Spalding in concert in September 2006, when she opened for the McCoy Tyner Sextet at Berklee’s…
My Point is ... is drummer Willie Jones III’s most recent long-playing album.
Jan 1, 2018 11:30 AM
It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to complete the elliptical title of Willie Jones III’s new album, My Point is… (WJ3),…
Erykah Badu performs on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, backed by The Roots.
Dec 29, 2017 10:08 AM
The ease with which singer Erykah Badu inhabits Fela Kuti’s work is shocking—and inspiring.
Recently, she appeared…
Children at the Mthunzi Orphan Center in Lusaka, Zambia, performed vocals on a track that features Kurt Rosenwinkel, Aaron Parks and Dave Douglas.
Dec 27, 2017 4:42 PM
Best known for his fluid electric guitar lines, Kurt Rosenwinkel is also the driving force behind Heartcore Records, an…
Wadada Leo Smith
Dec 22, 2017 4:45 PM
The CREATE festival made its West Coast debut in San Francisco’s Mission District on Dec. 15.
The inaugural CREATE…
Drummer Eric Harland leads Voyager and plays in a handful of other ensembles.
Dec 21, 2017 1:54 PM
It’s been said that clothes make the man. In the case of in-demand drummer and bandleader Eric Harland, sartorial…
Kevin Mahogany (1958–2017)
Dec 19, 2017 2:22 PM
Kevin Mahogany, a jazz vocalist known for his resonant baritone and stylistic diversity, died Dec. 18 in Kansas City,…
Louis Prima (left) and Keely Smith
Dec 18, 2017 4:21 PM
Keely Smith, a vocalist who recorded throughout the 1950s and 1960s alongside Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra, died of…
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