Feb 25, 2020 11:04 AM
Chicago Blues Festival Announces 2020 Lineup, Marks Chess Records Anniversary
The Chicago Blues Festival returns to Chicago June 5–7 and marks the 70th anniversary of Chess Records, the label…
Shemekia Copeland is set to headline the Jay Pritzker Pavilion on June 5 as part of The Chicago Blues Festival.
Feb 25, 2020 11:04 AM
The Chicago Blues Festival returns to Chicago June 5–7 and marks the 70th anniversary of Chess Records, the label…
Jon Christensen (1943–2020)
Feb 25, 2020 9:09 AM
Jon Christensen, the Norwegian drummer who was the backbone for dozens of ECM releases and was widely considered a…
Baritone saxophonist Colin Stetson, who’s worked with acts like Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Tom Waits and The National, has become a sought-after composer of film and video game music.
Feb 24, 2020 9:19 AM
Colin Stetson’s music is not for the faint of heart.
The baritone saxophonist—whose solo recordings are a…
Vibraphonist Warren Wolf wanted to do “something completely different” for his Mack Avenue album, Reincarnation.
Feb 21, 2020 9:27 AM
There’s no question that Baltimore-bred vibraphonist Warren Wolf can swing. His previous three albums on Mack…
Rachel Therrien fifth album as a leader, VENA (Bonsaï), is due out March 27.
Feb 20, 2020 11:51 AM
Trumpeter/flugelhornist Rachel Therrien’s collected 15 original compositions for VENA (Bonsaï), which is set for…
The prolific Paal Nilssen-Love runs his own label, PNL Records.
Feb 20, 2020 9:00 AM
A few years ago, the Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love—a former member of groups like Atomic, The Thing and the…
Bassist Massimo Biolcati (left), drummer Ferenc Nemeth and guitarist Lionel Loueke pool influences from different parts of the world as members of the trio Gilfema.
Feb 19, 2020 9:15 AM
Gilfema—the trio of guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke, bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth—is set…
Singer and trumpeter Benny Benack III is one of the few male vocalists of his generation who’s mining the elements of traditional jazz.
Feb 18, 2020 7:59 AM
Almost everything about Benny Benack III, the 29-year-old trumpeter and vocalist, suggests that he arrived from a…
Jimmy Heath (1926–2020)
Feb 17, 2020 12:14 PM
Jimmy Heath, who died Jan. 19 in Loganville, Georgia, at age 93, was a master of multiple components of the jazz…
Pianist Eldar is supported by bassist Raviv Markovitz and drummer Jimmy Macbride on Rhapsodize (Twelve Tone Resonance), which is due out Feb. 21.
Feb 17, 2020 10:17 AM
Pianist Eldar Djangirov began his recording career in 2005, as an 18 year old, with a self-titled disc on Sony that…
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