Jul 16, 2019 9:00 AM
Angelika Niescier Dwells in Possibility
Improvisers craft their expression around the question, “What does the music need right now?” And…
Saxophonist and bandleader Angelika Niescier has issued three consecutive discs on Intakt. The latest is New York Trio.
Jul 16, 2019 9:00 AM
Improvisers craft their expression around the question, “What does the music need right now?” And…
North Sea Jazz Festival’s Frank Bolder and Smithsonian Folkways’ Huib Schippers admire The Blue Mosque ceiling during a tour that was part of the 2019 Vitrin Contemporary Turkish Music Showcase in Istanbul.
Jul 15, 2019 5:02 PM
Bring the world’s arts presenters to your country for live music, and they’ll take your country’s music to the…
Marilyn Mazur performs at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, which ran July 5–14 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jul 15, 2019 1:51 PM
Music spilled out of regal concert halls and onto the streets to mark the Copenhagen Jazz Festival’s 40th…
Damon Locks leads the 15-piece Black Monument Ensemble on Where Future Unfolds.
Jul 15, 2019 9:00 AM
Fantastical black-nationalist jazz now is back in vogue, thanks to the likes of Shabaka Hutchings, Nicole Mitchell,…
Jimmie Vaughan interprets songs by Lloyd Price and Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown on his new album, Baby, Please Come Home.
Jul 12, 2019 9:00 AM
Jimmie Vaughan has had his share of star turns, including 11 years at the helm of the blues-rock powerhouse the…
João Gilberto (1931–2019)
Jul 11, 2019 9:42 AM
To mark the passing of João Gilberto, we’re revisiting the piece below, which originally ran in our March 2016…
Jerry Bergonzi’s new album, The Seven Rays, was partially inspired by his interest in philosophy.
Jul 11, 2019 9:00 AM
The artist’s return was long overdue: When Jerry Bergonzi set foot inside Chicago’s Green Mill on Jan. 4, it marked…
Pat Metheny is a touchstone for Camila Meza, who covers the guitarist’s collaboration with David Bowie on Ámbar, her latest recording.
Jul 10, 2019 9:00 AM
Singer-songwriter Camila Meza jumped at the opportunity to attempt her own hybrid when bassist Noam Wiesenberg…
The AACM Great Black Music Ensemble is Alexis Lombre (left), Dee Alexander, Adam Zaonilni, Steve Berry, Frank Morrison, Ed House, Ernest Dawkins, Ben Lamar Gay, Maggie Brown, Darius Savage, Art Turk Burton, Taalib-Din Ziyad and Donovan Mixon.
Jul 9, 2019 12:35 PM
Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has been an inspirational leader within the music and…
Pianist Romain Collin learned to play synth bass before recording Tiny Lights.
Jul 9, 2019 9:00 AM
Romain Collin often recalls an enduring maxim from Terence Blanchard: “All complicated things are created from an…
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