May 15, 2020 3:01 PM
Charlie Parker Takes Flight In Upcoming Graphic Novel, ‘Chasin’ The Bird’
The all-too-brief life of saxophonist Charlie Parker redirected the world, musically. And to mark his centennial…
Z2 Comics plans to publish the graphic novel Chasin’ The Bird: Charlie Parker in California on Sept. 8.
May 15, 2020 3:01 PM
The all-too-brief life of saxophonist Charlie Parker redirected the world, musically. And to mark his centennial…
Drummer Antonio Sánchez and vocalist Thana Alexa have reached a point of mutual influence.
May 15, 2020 7:13 AM
On a chilly January night in New York City, drummer-composer Antonio Sánchez plays a full-body phrase. He hangs back…
On Saturday, trumpeter Terence Blanchard and director Michael Murphy are set for an online chat around Up From the Streets: New Orleans: City of Music.
May 14, 2020 1:26 PM
Up From the Streets: New Orleans: City of Music, a documentary that explores the inexorable link between the Big Easy…
Troy Roberts played multiple instruments on his latest album of original compositions, Stuff I Heard.
May 14, 2020 9:00 AM
Since relocating to New York in 2012, Australian saxophonist Troy Roberts’ edgy, articulate tone and commanding chops…
Sylvain Leroux helms L’Ecole Fula Flute, an alternative school in Guinea that aims to teach students from ages 6 to 20 academic fundamentals, as well as music.
May 13, 2020 8:52 AM
In a cinderblock schoolhouse with a corrugated tin roof in Conakry, Guinea, reeds specialist Sylvain Leroux is opening…
Pianist Ramsey Lewis sets five streaming dates ahead of his 85th birthday.
May 12, 2020 9:52 AM
Chicago-bred pianist Ramsey Lewis, who recently took to streaming in order to help raise funds for MusiCares COVID-19…
Giacomo Bruzzo’s RareNoise label has built a catalog filled with adventurous releases.
May 12, 2020 8:55 AM
Before he was a label owner, Giacomo Bruzzo was a frustrated finance bro. Born in Italy, he moved to the U.K. in 1991,…
Vocalist Luciana Souza is among the first members of the Jazz Coalition, a new granting organization.
May 11, 2020 10:10 AM
In an effort to assist musicians currently caught in a dire straits and to foster new creative endeavors, a recently…
Ben Williams’ I Am A Man has been issued through Rainbow Blonde, a new label founded by vocalists José James and Taali and engineer Brian Bender.
May 11, 2020 8:49 AM
Ben Williams was completely mesmerized by 13th, director Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary about mass incarceration and…
On Monday, pianist Anthony Davis won a Pulitzer Prize for his opera, The Central Park Five.
May 8, 2020 2:07 PM
Anthony Davis, a frequent Wadada Leo Smith collaborator, on Monday was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the musical…
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