Mar 17, 2020 11:11 AM
San José Jazz Winter Fest Showcases Wave of Rising Stars
For the 2020 edition of San José Jazz Winter Fest, which wrapped on Feb. 29, a new wave of rising stars left a…
Shayna Steele performs Feb. 16 at Cafe Stritch in San José, California, during San José Jazz Winter Fest.
Mar 17, 2020 11:11 AM
For the 2020 edition of San José Jazz Winter Fest, which wrapped on Feb. 29, a new wave of rising stars left a…
Fred Hersch reflects on duos he’s played in over the years for a series of singles that the pianist is calling Fred Hersch & Friends.
Mar 17, 2020 10:19 AM
The search for and desire to find love drives most of humanity. And pianist Fred Hersch, working with vocalist Sara…
Duchess—Amy Cervini (left), Hilary Gardner and Melissa Stylianou—looks to generate joy with Live At Jazz Standard (Anzic).
Mar 17, 2020 9:20 AM
In 2015, Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner and Melissa Stylianou decided to turn their “magical” vocal synergy into the…
Irving Berlin (1888–1989)
Mar 16, 2020 8:03 AM
A song is a mysterious abstraction. It enters the world without identity. It has little character or context. No one…
Over the course of his career, Pat Metheny has edged closer to the orchestral vision reflected on his latest release, From This Place.
Mar 13, 2020 9:00 AM
During the first day of recording for From This Place, guitarist Pat Metheny’s new album on Nonesuch, the 20-time…
Hadar Noiberg (left) and Chano Dominguez
Mar 13, 2020 8:10 AM
A spate of new albums on the Sunnyside label don’t have all that much in common, aside from the fact that they’re…
Despite pianist Fred Hersch’s onstage composure, when he plays, there’s always something intensely personal stirring just below the surface.
Mar 12, 2020 8:05 AM
The box set The Fred Hersch Trio: 10 Years/6 Discs captures a landmark ensemble in the studio, on the road and at its…
Two releases serve as reminders of how drummer Buddy Rich and saxophonist Fred Anderson stayed sharp and productive in the latter part of their careers.
Mar 11, 2020 9:00 AM
In terms of style, background, recognition and—perhaps, most famously—temperament, drummer Buddy Rich and…
Vocalist Nona Hendryx performs Feb. 29 during Nona Hendryx and Disciples of Sun Ra in the Temple, an event celebrating the bandleader and keyboardist, which was held in the Sackler Wing of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mar 10, 2020 9:30 AM
Vocal doyen Nona Hendryx commanded the stage at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Feb. 29, bedecked in a…
Pianist Pat Thomas recently has enjoyed some serious momentum.
Mar 9, 2020 8:11 AM
Keyboardist and improviser Pat Thomas, 59, has been a prolific polymath on the U.K. jazz and improv scene for four…
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