Apr 16, 2018 6:51 PM
Saxophonist Caroline Davis Takes Humanity’s Pulse
Caroline Davis has become an expert in matters of the heart, physiologically speaking. The title of the New York-based…
Saxophonist Caroline Davis’ new album, Heart Tonic, is informed by her study of the heart.
Apr 16, 2018 6:51 PM
Caroline Davis has become an expert in matters of the heart, physiologically speaking. The title of the New York-based…
Apr 16, 2018 6:05 PM
One of the many pleasures of last year’s Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto, Italy, was the opportunity to hear the…
The 10-LP set The Atlantic Years explores how Ornette Coleman changed the shape of jazz.
Apr 16, 2018 4:00 PM
There’s no question that Atlantic Records was keen to capitalize on Ornette Coleman’s reputation as a jazz…
Tshepo Tshola sings at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, during a tribute to the late Hugh Masekela.
Apr 16, 2018 3:53 PM
On the eve of this year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival, which ran March 23–24, some attendees experienced…
London-based saxophonist Leo Richardson sees the jazz genre changing, but knows that he’s an adherent to classic bop-era swinging.
Apr 16, 2018 1:24 PM
If you built a Spotify playlist of mid-’60s jazz classics, including everything from Lee Morgan’s “The…
The performers in Angel Bat Dawid’s Cosmic Love Arkestra include elders of the Chicago jazz scene, who the composer said “are very important to me.”
Apr 16, 2018 11:00 AM
A new “cosmic love opera” based on the biblical Song Of Solomon and featuring legendary free-jazz musicians is set…
Cecil Taylor—shown here performing in Cologne, Germany, in 1987—died April 5. He was 89.
Apr 13, 2018 1:30 PM
Trumpeter Eddie Gale only made one album—the legendary 1966 Unit Structures on Blue Note—with pianist Cecil Taylor,…
Manhattan Transfer, from left: Alan Paul, Cheryl Bentyne, Janis Siegel and Trist Curless
Apr 13, 2018 11:07 AM
Acclaimed vocal jazz group Manhattan Transfer is enjoying a new phase in its lengthy career. The band recently released…
Pianist Chick Corea is the artist-in-residence for the 39th annual Detroit Jazz Festival.
Apr 12, 2018 2:27 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival on Wednesday announced its lineup for the 2018 installment of the event, which runs Aug.…
When visiting Cerreto Sannita, the village in Italy where his grandfather grew up, guitarist Al Di Meola was greeted with a celebratory dinner in his honor.
Apr 12, 2018 10:51 AM
As he approaches his 64th birthday in July, guitarist Al Di Meola remains a road warrior.
Last fall, he went out…
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