Feb 9, 2021 9:01 AM
Ivo Perelman’s Massive Oeuvre
In 2020, soon after the pandemic reached Brooklyn, Ivo Perelman’s base of operation for decades, the tenor…
During the pandemic, prolific saxophonist Ivo Perelman moved from Brooklyn to Brazil.
Feb 9, 2021 9:01 AM
In 2020, soon after the pandemic reached Brooklyn, Ivo Perelman’s base of operation for decades, the tenor…
Bandleader Francisco Mela is set to stream a solo drum performance Friday via Soapbox Gallery.
Feb 8, 2021 8:31 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
The music on Monty Alexander’s new live album, Love You Madly, was recorded in 1982.
Feb 5, 2021 9:00 AM
In the early 1980s, pianist Monty Alexander was a huge draw for jazz clubs and festivals. His hard-swinging style,…
Charlie Young conducts the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.
Feb 4, 2021 8:37 AM
“Jazz is a very big word,” composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein assured us when he explained jazz to America in the…
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith is among several jazz world figures to become a 2021 United States Artists Fellow.
Feb 3, 2021 2:00 PM
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, saxophonist Edward “Kidd” Jordan and cellist Tomeka Reid are among the 2021 United…
Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner, who are married, collaborated on a new album titled Tone.
Feb 3, 2021 8:46 AM
As an aspiring jazz singer, the teenage Sarah Elizabeth Charles wanted to be Sarah Vaughan. But after writing a lot of…
Vocalist Catherine Russell is set to host “Family Concert: Legacies Of Excellence” on Feb. 20 as part of Jazz At Lincoln Center’s 2021 Spring virtual concert season.
Feb 2, 2021 1:27 PM
Jazz At Lincoln Center, after provisionally closing its performance spaces in 2020 because of the pandemic, has planned…
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Feb 2, 2021 8:35 AM
If ever there were a time for the blues, it was 2020. In the United States, more than 300,000 people died, and many…
Ashley Kahn and Brandee Younger are set to discuss the legacy of Alice Coltrane on Wednesday.
Feb 1, 2021 8:13 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Aum Fidelity has issued a 10-disc box set of previously unreleased music by bassist William Parker, titled Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World.
Jan 29, 2021 8:26 AM
A tangle of connections fosters the bounty of William Parker’s career. The bassist—who’s released a 10-album set…
