Jul 7, 2017 3:04 PM
Video Exclusive: Preview the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
With the July 4th holiday in the rear-view mirror, the summer jazz season is really revving up, and soon, Silicon…
The San Jose Summer Jazz Fest will take place August 11-13.
Jul 7, 2017 3:04 PM
With the July 4th holiday in the rear-view mirror, the summer jazz season is really revving up, and soon, Silicon…
Linus Kleinlosen (left) and Axel Schappert of the band Molino. The group performed at the inJazz Conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on June 22.
Jul 6, 2017 1:05 PM
Eat your Wheaties if you’re attending Rotterdam’s inJazz Conference and Festival. While it’s only two days, this…
Geri Allen (1957–2017)
Jun 28, 2017 2:06 PM
Geri Allen, a pianist, composer and educator with boundless technical facility and a far-reaching vision of jazz, died…
Wadada Leo Smith topped three categories in the DownBeat Critics Poll: Trumpet, Jazz Artist and Jazz Album (for America’s National Parks).
Jun 26, 2017 4:39 PM
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and guitarist Mary Halvorson are among the artists who topped multiple categories in the…
27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. (left), Alvin Carter-Bey, Larry Wade and Michael Callier
Jun 22, 2017 2:03 PM
There is conjecture that if blues historian Samuel Charters hadn’t absconded with the master tapes to Terry…
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs Billy Wilson’s Winter In Lisbon.
Jun 16, 2017 5:37 PM
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater made its premiere in 1958, when the company’s 27-year-old namesake director…
Vocalist Bobby Carcassés, percussionist Yaroldy Abreu and bassist Esperanza Spalding perform Spalding’s composition “I Adore You” in Havana on April 30. The BET network will broadcast the concert Sunday (June 18) at 2 p.m. EST.
Jun 15, 2017 3:20 PM
If you weren’t fortunate enough to attend the 2017 International Jazz Day Concert in Havana, or if you didn’t watch the…
Still from the Jazz Institute of Chicago video about its Straight Ahead Jazz Camp, to be held July 17–21
Jun 15, 2017 12:46 PM
Enrollment is now open for the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Straight Ahead Jazz Camp, to take place July 17–21 at…
Herbie Hancock will teach his first ever online class exclusively with MasterClass.
Jun 15, 2017 8:34 AM
The online education platform MasterClass has announced today composer/keyboardist Herbie Hancock will teach his first…
The 2018 class of NEA Jazz Masters includes Dianne Reeves, Todd Barkan, Joanne Brackeen and Pat Metheny.
Jun 13, 2017 8:36 AM
Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, Todd Barkan and Joanne Brackeen have joined the ranks of the nation’s highest honor in…
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