Nov 15, 2017 11:35 AM
Jazz in Portugal: A Brief History & Overview
Nobody knows exactly when jazz first arrived in Portugal, but what we do know the first person to promote jazz in…
Trumpeter Diogo Duque (left), saxophonist Ricardo Toscano and bassist Nelson Cascais onstage at the Hot Clube de Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
Nov 15, 2017 11:35 AM
Nobody knows exactly when jazz first arrived in Portugal, but what we do know the first person to promote jazz in…
Saxophonist Gilad Atzmon has released a new book, Being In Time–A Post-political Manifesto (Skyscraper)
Nov 15, 2017 11:32 AM
Saxophonist Gilad Atzmon, a former Israeli citizen living in London since 1994, remains a veritable planetary citizen,…
Saxophonist Lee Konitz is an NEA Jazz Master.
Nov 14, 2017 10:57 AM
It’s a crisp Monday afternoon in October on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, just a few days after saxophone legend Lee…
Vocalist Kellylee Evans’ new album is titled Come On.
Nov 13, 2017 5:14 PM
After being off the scene for nearly two years due to a concussion, Canada-based vocalist Kellylee Evans returned to…
A scene from Jacob Collier and Becca Stevens music video “Bathtub”
Nov 9, 2017 9:05 PM
Singer-songwriter Becca Stevens has garnered numerous accolades during the past year. Her album Regina (GroundUp) was…
Georgia native Sharon Jones (1956–2006) was the lead singer of the New York-based soul band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. The band recorded the album Soul Of A Woman prior to Jones’ death.
Nov 3, 2017 3:38 PM
Sharon Jones’ voice will live forever. The soul singer, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Nov. 18, 2016, left…
Ronnie Laws will be among the artists saluting John Coltrane Nov. 9–10 in South Africa.
Nov 2, 2017 3:33 PM
Jazz saxophonist Ronnie Laws, actress/singer Eloise Laws and singer-songwriter/actress Lita Gaithers Owens will perform…
Muhal Richard Abrams (1930–2017)
Nov 2, 2017 10:09 AM
Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams—an NEA Jazz Master, inductee in the DownBeat Hall of Fame and one of the founders of the…
Guitarist Raphael Roginski has performed as a solo artist, in duos and in numerous ensembles.
Oct 31, 2017 4:06 PM
Polish guitarist Raphael Roginski discusses creativity with the same type of idiosyncratic, poetic aesthetic informs…
Kurt Elling will participate in the Jazz Across Borders conference in Russia.
Oct 26, 2017 8:21 PM
Jazz Across Borders, the first international jazz forum and festival in Russia, will be held on Nov. 17–18 in St.…
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