Feb 15, 2017 9:35 AM
Wadada Leo Smith Launches CREATE Festival April 8-9
Acclaimed trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has inhabited many roles throughout his prolific career: improviser, recording…
Wadada Leo Smith is the organizing force behind the CREATE Festival, a two-day celebration of creative music that will take place in New Haven, Connecticut, April 8-9.
Feb 15, 2017 9:35 AM
Acclaimed trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has inhabited many roles throughout his prolific career: improviser, recording…
Al Jarreau (1940–2017)
Feb 13, 2017 5:54 PM
Jazz vocalist Al Jarreau died in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, surrounded by family and friends. He was 76. About a week…
John Scofield won two Grammy awards on Feb. 12.
Feb 13, 2017 1:01 PM
Guitarist John Scofield, reedist/bandleader Ted Nash and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Jacob Collier are among the…
Diana Krall’s new album, Turn Up The Quiet, will be released by Verve on May 5.
Feb 10, 2017 5:44 PM
Fans of Diana Krall have two huge reasons to celebrate: a new album and a world tour. The album, Turn Up The Quiet,…
Feb 10, 2017 2:27 PM
The Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival will return to New York City for its ninth edition Feb. 17–…
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…
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