May 24, 2022 10:43 AM
Charles Mingus @ 100
Jazz has seen its share of legendary personalities — Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington,…
Mingus occupies an image in the popular imagination, by all accounts well-deserved, as a force of nature, an iconoclastic truth-teller, a volatile, emotional man with a violent streak.
May 24, 2022 10:43 AM
Jazz has seen its share of legendary personalities — Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington,…
May 24, 2022 10:40 AM
Charles Mingus’ centennial year will see a bounty of new recordings — both historical offerings and ambitious new…
The results of Epitaph are alternately lyrical, cacophonous, raucous and elegiac.
May 24, 2022 10:39 AM
Any consideration of Charles Mingus’ corpus must contend with Epitaph, his magnum opus, a monster orchestral work…
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for Labor Day weekend during a livestream preview event that included a live performance from the 2022 Artist-in-Residence Chucho Valdés.
May 24, 2022 10:25 AM
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced its lineup for Labor Day weekend during a livestream preview event that…
“I get to play around with these arrangements and be part of the band throughout. Having an opportunity to be in the middle of those rhythmic interactions makes my singing that much more fun,” Cole said.
May 24, 2022 10:17 AM
Vocalist Alexis Cole has a confident understanding of how to interpret music in a manner that enthralls an audience. It…
This year, Wong is releasing a new album, going on tour, debuting a new season of his podcast and bringing back his online musical variety series.
May 24, 2022 9:49 AM
Grammy Award-nominated songwriter, producer and guitarist Cory Wong is set for a busy year. He’s releasing a new…
“I always have this feeling of emptiness after I play a concert,” Aldana said. “This has been for years. Sometimes I can easily cry, and there’s nothing wrong.”
May 17, 2022 12:24 PM
Melissa Aldana’s musical journey has been sprinkled with stardust, from 1990s TV appearances as a saxophone prodigy…
“I’ve always been into the zodiac and the truth that’s within it, but during this pandemic, we all had to time and space to do that,” Hill said.
May 17, 2022 12:20 PM
Trumpeter Marquis Hill speaks in quietly determined tones. Through a Zoom conversation from his college office in…
DakhaBrakha performs at New Orleans Jazz Fest
May 17, 2022 12:12 PM
“When I was staying down here, people asked me do you want to come here and do a festival like Newport,” George…
Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and David Virelles wasted no notes.
May 17, 2022 11:47 AM
When the influential “new music” presenting organization Bang on A Can debuted in May 1987 with a 12-hour, 28-piece…
