Jun 14, 2022 1:11 PM
Kris Bowers Commissioned for Work at Monterey Jazz Festival
Pianist, Oscar nominee and composer Kris Bowers has been commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival to write and…
“I’m so incredibly honored to have been commissioned for this piece by the Monterey Jazz Festival,” Bowers said.
Jun 14, 2022 1:11 PM
Pianist, Oscar nominee and composer Kris Bowers has been commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival to write and…
“A lot of people came through this group, which blew their minds in a way that there was no turning back,” vocalist Dwight Trible said.
Jun 14, 2022 12:15 PM
When pianist Horace Tapscott saw a need for more performance opportunities in Los Angeles in 1961, he created the Pan…
Dee Dee Bridgewater (right) with the five finalists for the American Pianists Association’s next Cole Porter Fellowship.
Jun 14, 2022 12:10 PM
Every four years, the American Pianists Association recognizes five aspiring American pianists as finalists to compete…
The Irving S. Gilmore Piano Festival commissioned a piece by Tyshawn Sorey that premiered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this spring.
Jun 14, 2022 12:05 PM
The in-person interfacing of jazz and classical music was back on display for the first time in four years. With…
Jun 14, 2022 12:00 PM
Savage Content has announced a new web series where guests compete head-to-head in a test of their jazz knowledge. The…
The friendship that exists between Matthew Stevens (left) and Walter Smith III dates back when they were both members of Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s band during the mid-to-late aughts.
Jun 7, 2022 4:00 PM
Even when speaking with Walter Smith III and Matthew Stevens on Zoom — with the tenor saxophonist being in Boston and…
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington is slated to play this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival.
Jun 7, 2022 3:15 PM
“The revenge against the pandemic” is how Maurin Auxéméry, director of booking, programming cultural events for…
Edmar Castaneda performs at the eighth-annual Chicago Jazz String Summit.
Jun 7, 2022 2:55 PM
Cellist Tomeka Reid is wildly playful and a ball of energy in person but sober and serious in performance. Her…
Vocalist Sheila Jordan was honored for Lifetime Achievement in the Jazz Journalists Association’s 27th annual JJA Jazz Awards.
Jun 7, 2022 2:52 PM
Singer Sheila Jordan, who at age 93 calls herself a “jazz child,” was hailed for her Lifetime Achievement in Jazz…
Jen Shyu is a co-founder of Mutual Mentorship for Musicians, which presents its inaugural in-person M³ Festival June 16–18 and 21–22 in New York.
Jun 7, 2022 2:51 PM
When the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020, musicians Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa co-founded Mutual Mentorship for…
