Dec 13, 2022 12:10 PM
More Great Music
Around this time of year, it’s sometimes just hard to stop! So, here are a few more great titles to check out!
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The 1989 classic The Healer served as a true comeback for John Lee Hooker.
Dec 13, 2022 12:10 PM
Around this time of year, it’s sometimes just hard to stop! So, here are a few more great titles to check out!
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New York City shaped the motifs that run throughout Basquiat’s work. Shown here are his pieces King Zulu (left) and Dog Bite/Ax to Grind.
Dec 6, 2022 12:35 PM
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s bold and challenging images have gone from their origins in the streets of New York to…
Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards Live will perform in an evening of varied ensemble configurations.
Dec 6, 2022 12:30 PM
The initial list of artists to be featured at the 19th annual NYC Winter Jazzfest, Jan. 12–18, has been announced.
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Ryan Truesdell (left) and Jim McNeely give each other the Blindfold Test onstage at ISJAC 2022 in Austin, Texas.
Dec 6, 2022 11:59 AM
During this year’s International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers symposium in Austin, Texas, celebrated jazz…
Remy Le Boeuf will become chief conductor of the Nordkraft Big Band in Denmark next year.
Dec 6, 2022 11:54 AM
American jazz saxophonist and composer Remy Le Boeuf will take on the role of chief conductor of the Nordkraft Big Band…
Meagher is an established guitarist in Portland, Oregon’s jazz community.
Dec 6, 2022 11:41 AM
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble has appointed Ryan Meagher as its new artistic director. Meagher (pronounced Marr) is…
Angélique Kidjo’s Remain in Light will perform at the Portland Jazz Festival on Feb. 17.
Nov 29, 2022 12:11 PM
The Biamp Portland Jazz Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, with a slate of performances scheduled…
Tenor saxophonist Binker Golding produced an unexpected new sound with some of London’s finest young players.
Nov 29, 2022 11:39 AM
Over the past 30 years, U.K. jazz has taken on multiple, ever-changing guises. From the genre-spanning fusions of the…
Charlap crafted an object lesson in how to mine memory to elicit emotion, marry it to intellect and temper it with humor to yield a potent experience.
Nov 29, 2022 11:17 AM
Bill Charlap is a singularly vital figure on the New York scene, widely respected as an exponent of the trio format…
Nils Winther says he has recorded more than 1,000 albums for his Denmark-based SteepleChase label.
Nov 29, 2022 11:08 AM
In August of 1972, Nils Winther was an enterprising young man with a taste for jazz and a talent for taping that he…
