Feb 8, 2017 5:57 PM
JEN Grows Up
The 8th annual Jazz Education Network Conference had a little more glide in its stride this year when more than 4,000…
An all-star cast gathers at the JEN Conference. Front row, seated from left: Victor Wooten, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Coffin, Johnny Vidacovich, Stanton Moore, Branford Marsalis (standing), David Paich, Caleb Chapman, Rubén Alvarez, Howard Levy, Rashawn Ross and Randy Brecker with Caleb Chapman’s Crescent City Super Band.
Feb 8, 2017 5:57 PM
The 8th annual Jazz Education Network Conference had a little more glide in its stride this year when more than 4,000…
Jon Hendricks (left) will be on hand at St. Peter’s Church to witness the world premiere of his vocalese re-scoring of music from the 1957 LP Miles Ahead on Feb. 17 in New York.
Feb 7, 2017 5:04 PM
Almost 50 years in the making, Jon Hendricks’ vocalese re-scoring of Miles Ahead, the seminal Miles Davis/Gil Evans…
New album releases from Lee Konitz (left), Eddie Palmieri and Thundercat will enliven the season’s jazz offerings.
Feb 7, 2017 8:20 AM
Several new releases by artists young and old will help lift the winter blues. Album announcements from alto saxophone…
Eddie Palmieri, who turned 80 on Dec. 15, will release Sabiduria, his first album since 2006, on Ropeadope Records on April 21.
Feb 6, 2017 5:07 PM
Pianist Eddie Palmieri turned 80 years old on Dec. 15, 2016, and the pioneering keyboardist wants to celebrate his…
Alphonse Mouzon (1948–2016)
Feb 6, 2017 4:32 PM
Drummer-producer-entrepreneur Alphonse Mouzon, who died on Dec. 25 after a long illness, will be remembered as a…
Trombone Shorty has signed with Blue Note Records. He will release his debut album for the label in April.
Feb 1, 2017 12:11 PM
Trombone Shorty has signed with Blue Note Records and will make his debut for the label this April ahead of his…
Eddie Gomez (left), Eliot Zigmud and Bill Evans form the trio featured on On A Monday Evening (Fantasy Records), a new album of unreleased material recorded at the University of Wisconsin in 1976.
Jan 31, 2017 2:36 PM
In the mid-1970s, jazz pianist Bill Evans was at the pinnacle of his career, releasing a string of seminal albums on…
Lee Konitz’s Frescalalto will be available digitally on Feb. 10.
Jan 26, 2017 3:24 PM
Alto saxophone jazz master and 2015 DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee Lee Konitz teams up with pianist Kenny Barron,…
Thundercat will release, Drunk, his third studio album, on March 10.
Jan 25, 2017 3:05 PM
Raise your glasses, jazz fans. Bassist and producer Thundercat, aka Stephen Bruner, will release his third full-length…
Kurt Rosenwinkel will release Caipi, his debut album on Heartcore Records & Razdaz Records, on March 10.
Jan 25, 2017 12:20 PM
Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel signals a new musical direction with the March 10 release of Caipi, the long-awaited debut…
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