Jul 14, 2017 3:19 PM
Jazz Label Owner Joe Fields Dies at 88
Joe Fields, a driving force in the jazz music business for over 50 years, passed away on July 12. He was 88 years old.…
Joe Fields (1929–2017)
Jul 14, 2017 3:19 PM
Joe Fields, a driving force in the jazz music business for over 50 years, passed away on July 12. He was 88 years old.…
Saxophonists Bill Evans (left) and Tommy Smith perform at Harro East Ballroom in Rochester, New York.
Jul 13, 2017 3:27 PM
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival is now up to its 16th edition, completely taking over the downtown…
Roy Hargrove (second from right) leads his quintet at the Jazz Forum, in Tarrytown, New York, during the venue’s opening week.
Jul 10, 2017 12:10 PM
For area jazz fans, the news in September 2015 that indefatigable impresario and trumpet/flugelhorn player Mark…
The San Jose Summer Jazz Fest will take place August 11-13.
Jul 7, 2017 3:04 PM
With the July 4th holiday in the rear-view mirror, the summer jazz season is really revving up, and soon, Silicon…
Linus Kleinlosen (left) and Axel Schappert of the band Molino. The group performed at the inJazz Conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on June 22.
Jul 6, 2017 1:05 PM
Eat your Wheaties if you’re attending Rotterdam’s inJazz Conference and Festival. While it’s only two days, this…
Geri Allen (1957–2017)
Jun 28, 2017 2:06 PM
Geri Allen, a pianist, composer and educator with boundless technical facility and a far-reaching vision of jazz, died…
Wadada Leo Smith topped three categories in the DownBeat Critics Poll: Trumpet, Jazz Artist and Jazz Album (for America’s National Parks).
Jun 26, 2017 4:39 PM
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and guitarist Mary Halvorson are among the artists who topped multiple categories in the…
27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. (left), Alvin Carter-Bey, Larry Wade and Michael Callier
Jun 22, 2017 2:03 PM
There is conjecture that if blues historian Samuel Charters hadn’t absconded with the master tapes to Terry…
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs Billy Wilson’s Winter In Lisbon.
Jun 16, 2017 5:37 PM
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater made its premiere in 1958, when the company’s 27-year-old namesake director…
Vocalist Bobby Carcassés, percussionist Yaroldy Abreu and bassist Esperanza Spalding perform Spalding’s composition “I Adore You” in Havana on April 30. The BET network will broadcast the concert Sunday (June 18) at 2 p.m. EST.
Jun 15, 2017 3:20 PM
If you weren’t fortunate enough to attend the 2017 International Jazz Day Concert in Havana, or if you didn’t watch the…
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