May 11, 2018 11:54 AM
Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival Builds on the City’s History
Pittsburgh’s contributions to the jazz firmament stretch from seminal figures like Roy Eldridge, Kenny Clarke and…
May 11, 2018 11:54 AM
Pittsburgh’s contributions to the jazz firmament stretch from seminal figures like Roy Eldridge, Kenny Clarke and…
May 10, 2018 1:53 PM
Seventeen years ago, Penn Jillette and his friend Mike Post went out to dinner at The Eiffel Tower—a place that Mike…
May 7, 2018 5:24 PM
For a decade, the Portuguese-born Sara Serpa has been crafting hauntingly beautiful composed and improvised music,…
May 4, 2018 11:27 AM
Thirty years ago, Nels Cline recorded his first album as a bandleader for the Enja label. Angelica featured an all-star…
May 1, 2018 4:07 PM
Keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones is sitting on a sofa in the South London house he shares with four other musicians.…
May 1, 2018 9:22 AM
Late 2008 was a memorable time in the life of trombonist Ryan Porter.
Barack Obama had just won the presidential…
Apr 27, 2018 10:26 AM
When Nubya Garcia plays the tenor saxophone, the first things you notice are her sound and phrasing. She wields a…
Apr 26, 2018 9:32 AM
Nick Fraser probably has performed with as many high-profile musicians as any living drummer in jazz—a remarkable…
Apr 25, 2018 4:04 PM
Many fans in the jazz world know pianist Greg Spero for his work touring with the Miles Davis Electric Band, a…
Apr 25, 2018 9:30 AM
Karen Souza has a voice that can make any song sound like an intimate confession. “Her voice is like a massage,”…