Feb 14, 2023 11:26 AM
Burt Bacharach: The Composer as Throwback
Burt Bacharach, who died in Los Angeles at age 94 on Feb. 8, was among the last of a small, oddly isolated island of…
Burt Bacharach with Carol Bayer Sagar and Miles Davis in 1984.
Feb 14, 2023 11:26 AM
Burt Bacharach, who died in Los Angeles at age 94 on Feb. 8, was among the last of a small, oddly isolated island of…
Avreeayl Ra (left) with Ed Wilkerson during a recent Elastic Arts’ Homeroom series show in Chicago.
Feb 14, 2023 10:54 AM
Avreeayl Ra Amen, to put it mildly, is a stalwart of the Chicago scene and the creative music stratosphere…
The inaugural class of the Next Jazz Legacy, from left: Kalia Vandever, Anastassiya Petrova, Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez, Keyanna Hutchinson, Loke Risberg, Alexis Lombre and Lexi Hamner.
Feb 14, 2023 10:47 AM
As the Next Jazz Legacy — an initiative created to provide a wide-ranging year-long apprenticeship program to support…
Pianist Vadim Neselovsky will perform at this year’s San Jose Jazz Winter Fest: Counterpoint With Ukraine.
Feb 14, 2023 10:44 AM
San Jose Jazz has announced the lineup for its 2023 Winter Fest, co-curated with Am I Jazz? Festival, the leading-edge…
The album Alive At The Village Vanguard (Palmetto), featuring Hersch on piano and spalding on vocals, was recorded in 2018.
Feb 7, 2023 12:05 AM
Fred Hersch was in good spirits, appearing relaxed on the video screen from his New York City loft. The pianist turned…
Samara Joy gives her acceptance speech at the Grammys on Feb. 5.
Feb 7, 2023 12:02 AM
Jazz vocalist Samara Joy was crowned Best New Artist during this year’s Grammy Awards on Feb. 5. The deeply emotive…
Siggi Loch (left) and Andreas Brandis.
Feb 6, 2023 11:57 PM
ACT Records has become one of the most significant European jazz labels during its 30-year existence. As the German…
Russell Gunn was commissioned by the Apollo Theater to compose the music for The Blues And Its People.
Feb 6, 2023 11:54 PM
The Apollo Theater in Harlem continues its 2022–’23 season theme of The Next Movement with The Blues And Its People…
The 1968 New Trier West Jazz Ensemble
Feb 6, 2023 11:40 PM
Like many nouveau-upstarts, jazz had to fight for recognition. Academia frowned on fun, especially when its venues were…
Sloane’s death comes nine months after the release of her final album, Live At Birdland (Club44 Records)
Jan 31, 2023 12:12 PM
Jazz singer Carol Sloane died Jan. 23 at a senior care center in Stoneham, Massachusetts. She was 85. The cause was…
