Dec 12, 2018 9:00 AM
Rodrigo Amado Makes His Mark, Boldly
Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado prides himself on the fact that all of the music made under his leadership has…
Rodrigo Amado (right) recently issued History Of Nothing (Trost).
Dec 12, 2018 9:00 AM
Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado prides himself on the fact that all of the music made under his leadership has…
For his latest album, Combo 66, guitarist John Scofield enlisted drummer Bill Stewart, pianist/organist Gerald Clayton and bassist Vicente Archer.
Dec 10, 2018 9:00 AM
It’s November 1982, and 30-year-old John Scofield is in Cleveland to audition for Miles Davis’ group. The Man With…
Vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant is among the nominees for the 61st annual Grammy Awards.
Dec 7, 2018 12:32 PM
Trumpeter/bandleader John Daversa, vocalists Kurt Elling and Cécile McLorin Salvant, pianist Brad Mehldau, saxophonist…
Dec 7, 2018 8:55 AM
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute has opened submissions for its second annual Bridges competition.
The David Baker…
Rajiv Halim has worked with Chance The Rapper, among others, in addition to leading his own troupe.
Dec 6, 2018 9:00 AM
Rajiv Halim will tell it to you straight. He’s ready to talk about today.
“A lot of people are stuck in the…
Multi-reedist and educator Greg Fishman has published three volumes of his Jazz Saxophone Etudes series.
Dec 5, 2018 9:00 AM
Saxophones surround multi-reedist Greg Fishman every time he walks into his Evanston, Illinois, studio and he’d never…
Concord Label Group president John Burk (left), Monk Competition winner Tom Oren and Thelonious Monk Institute chairman Herbie Hancock
Dec 4, 2018 9:24 AM
The winner of this year’s Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition, Tom Oren, hails from Tel Aviv, Israel—a…
Singer Lizz Wright moved to Chicago in 2017 to serve on the board of the Little Black Pearl Art & Design Academy, which offers arts education and technical training courses in the Kenwood neighborhood on the city’s South Side.
Dec 4, 2018 9:00 AM
Vocalist Lizz Wright has much to be proud of, including her latest accolade: Her latest release, Grace (Concord),…
Saxophonist and 2018 Kennedy Center Honoree Wayne Shorter delivers a speech Dec. 1 at a State Department dinner in Washington, D.C.
Dec 3, 2018 9:51 AM
Over the course of his fruitful career, prolific saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has amassed numerous accolades,…
Dongfeng Liu’s new album merges musical traditions from different cultures.
Dec 3, 2018 9:00 AM
Dongfeng Liu was born and raised in China, but always felt a deep affinity for the music of the Caribbean. On the…
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