Jul 21, 2017 12:15 PM
Hollywood Bowl Salutes 100 Years of Diz & Ella
The city of Hollywood enjoyed a great summer breeze and the Los Angeles Philharmonic offered up a crowd-pleasing gem of…
Dizzy Gillespie (left) and Ella Fitzgerald were subjects of a star-studded tribute at the Hollywood Bowl on July 19.
Jul 21, 2017 12:15 PM
The city of Hollywood enjoyed a great summer breeze and the Los Angeles Philharmonic offered up a crowd-pleasing gem of…
Roscoe Mitchell of the Art Ensemble of Chicago performs during the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Oslo, Norway, on July 7.
Jul 20, 2017 3:12 PM
The Kongsberg Jazz Festival, held every summer in an otherwise sleepy silver mining town about 90 minutes from Oslo,…
Dan Weiss (left), Rudresh Mahanthappa and Rez Abbasi of the Indo-Pak Coalition will release a new album, Agrima, on Oct. 17.
Jul 19, 2017 3:18 PM
Several of the most acclaimed, innovative artists in jazz will release albums in the next few months. Running the…
Dr. Warrick L. Carter (1942–2017)
Jul 19, 2017 1:30 PM
Dr. Warrick L. Carter, an acclaimed music educator who served at numerous educational institutions—including Columbia…
Jon Batiste & Stay Human lead a second line through the crowd during the 2017 Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World Festival at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on July 8 in New York City.
Jul 18, 2017 5:43 PM
In 1943, before the phenomenon of bebop held the jazz world in thrall, Louis Armstrong remained one of the music’s…
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…
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