Aug 4, 2021 10:00 AM
Ravinia Reopens with LCJO Tribute to Rollins, Coltrane
Jazz returned to the Ravina Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, in late July following the silent summer of 2020. The…
Aug 4, 2021 10:00 AM
Jazz returned to the Ravina Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, in late July following the silent summer of 2020. The…
Aug 3, 2021 9:53 AM
Clasping his hands to his chest, then raising them to the heavens, Julian Lage evoked echoes of the exuberant child he…
Aug 3, 2021 9:20 AM
Sheltered in his music room, Willie Jones III adjusts the volume on a Billy Taylor record. He swivels around to face…
Aug 3, 2021 9:05 AM
He might not be a household name among casual listeners, but it would be hard to find a single jazz musician who does…
Aug 3, 2021 8:59 AM
Pandemic stories — we hear them wherever we go. Pretty much every story in this issue is a pandemic story in some…
Jul 27, 2021 10:34 AM
On a warm July night in central Rome, Dee Dee Bridgewater, wearing a long, floral print dress and broad-rimmed, dark…
Jul 27, 2021 10:30 AM
It was in his darkest hour, during the early stages of the 2020 lockdown, that guitarist-vocalist John Pizzarelli…
Jul 27, 2021 10:22 AM
The thrice Grammy-nominated trumpeter Tim Hagans apprenticed in the bands of Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Dexter Gordon,…
Jul 27, 2021 10:16 AM
In the 1990s, Susie Ibarra was a mainstay of the New York jazz scene, frequently collaborating with David S. Ware,…
Jul 26, 2021 11:12 AM
The summer livestream calendar has been slowing down, but here are five great events to check out online this week,…