Apr 27, 2023 10:57 AM
DC Takes the International Stage
It was in 2017, during the 14th annual DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) at the Yards, when Sunny Sumter first recognized that…
The Chuck Brown Band performs on the Wharf during the DC Jazz Festival.
Apr 27, 2023 10:57 AM
It was in 2017, during the 14th annual DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) at the Yards, when Sunny Sumter first recognized that…
John Pizzarelli celebrates the 40th anniversary of his recording career with a nod to musicals of film and Broadway.
Apr 27, 2023 10:55 AM
Guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli will be hitting the road this summer with his terrific trio and a brand new…
Kenny Garrett and Ron Bruner perform at the 2021 Detroit Jazz Fest. Garrett will be celebrated this summer, too.
Apr 27, 2023 10:53 AM
The Detroit Jazz Festival, the largest free jazz festival in the world, remains resolutely jazz. You’ll not find…
Locale and creative programming have become touch points of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Apr 27, 2023 10:44 AM
The ideal jazz festival showcases its locale while presenting thoughtfully conceived concerts and events. Since 1999,…
Brava Jazz was founded by composer-arrangers Annie Booth and Alan Baylock.
Apr 25, 2023 11:30 AM
The jazz publishing outlet Brava Jazz is on a mission to support and champion women composers and arrangers in the…
Ahmad Jamal (1930–2023) with his trio at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.
Apr 18, 2023 9:44 AM
Pianist-composer Ahmad Jamal passed away April 16 in his home in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, after battling prostate…
Apr 18, 2023 9:41 AM
Record Store Day hits April 22, so we deliver a glimpse at some of the vinyl dropping in and around that blessed…
Apr 18, 2023 9:30 AM
One of the most-anticipated reissue releases of the year is Go West!, a three-LP opus exploring saxophone colossus…
Apr 18, 2023 9:22 AM
While being released in a variety of formats, this magnum opus of bop from Craft Recordings is truly one for vinyl…
Apr 18, 2023 9:18 AM
ECM continues to issue new albums on vinyl, with the latest batch of LPs released in March.
Pianist Bobo Stenson’s…
