Jun 4, 2020 8:57 AM
Venues, Festivals Search For Hope Amid A Slowly Opening Economy
Compared to the other casualties of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, it barely registers in media coverage and the…
Spike Wilner, proprietor of the New York venue Smalls, recently began hosting shows at his club for the first time since the pandemic hit.
Jun 4, 2020 8:57 AM
Compared to the other casualties of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, it barely registers in media coverage and the…
Chick Corea is set to issue the double album Plays (Concord Jazz) on Aug. 28.
Jun 3, 2020 8:42 AM
Hearing Chick Corea in any setting, it’s apparent that his interests and influences range beyond the music that…
New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan said he once saw John Cage and Louis Armstrong perform on the same night.
Jun 3, 2020 8:41 AM
Master improvisers can turn on a dime. So, when keyboardist Darrell Lavigne called Kidd Jordan in early March to set up…
Thundercat is a second-generation product of the Los Angeles jazz scene: Drummer Ronald Bruner Sr., his father, gigged with saxophonist Rickey Washington, father of Kamasi Washington.
Jun 2, 2020 8:21 AM
Across four full-length efforts, Thundercat has pushed jazz into unknown territories. The bassist, though, remains…
Smoke rises May 29 in Minneapolis following protests in the city where George Floyd was killed May 25 while in police custody.
Jun 1, 2020 11:47 AM
Mass protests over the killing of George Floyd, as well as the recent slayings of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor,…
Pianist Kris Davis is set to stream a June 5 set alongside drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and sound artist Val Jeanty as a part of the online platform Live From Our Living Rooms’ Creative Summit & Fundraiser.
Jun 1, 2020 8:38 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding and pianist Fred Hersch are raising funds for Jazz Foundation of America amid the pandemic.
May 29, 2020 11:21 AM
Bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding and pianist Fred Hersch recorded a 2018 run at New York’s Village Vanguard, and a…
Andy Milne is fascinated by the connections among medical science, music and healing.
May 29, 2020 8:58 AM
Pianist Andy Milne uses building metaphors to talk about music. Construction is “about how you bind two things…
Singer-songwriters Amanda Taylor (left), Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick and Erin Bentlage have formed the vocal group säje.
May 28, 2020 8:56 AM
For some vocalists, the impulse to collaborate with like-minded artists can result in transcendent music. A case in…
On a series of recent and upcoming projects, keyboardist John Medeski explores musical relationships that, in some cases, stretch back decades.
May 27, 2020 9:04 AM
When the progressive trio Medeski Martin & Wood first got together, they all agreed to keep the ensemble going only as…
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