Aug 21, 2018 3:20 PM
Regional, International Talent Meet at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
It was still a comfortable 80 degrees on an early August evening when the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest kicked off, its…
Lalah Hathaway performs at the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest.
Aug 21, 2018 3:20 PM
It was still a comfortable 80 degrees on an early August evening when the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest kicked off, its…
Andrea Motis recently taught and performed at Stanford University in California.
Aug 17, 2018 3:30 PM
The creative seeds that 23-year-old trumpeter and vocalist Andrea Motis has been planting since her days as a teen…
Ethan Iverson performs at Umbria Jazz in Perugia, Italy, which ran July 13-22.
Aug 1, 2018 9:00 AM
What keeps Umbria Jazz in the upper echelon of the world’s festival scene is its inspired balance of elements. Its…
Alice Coltrane’s transcendence-targeted music, filled with Eastern tonalities and alluring instrumentation, was a devotional statement ahead of its time.
Aug 1, 2018 9:00 AM
Alice Coltrane’s Impulse! albums advance the sound of seeking.
Her transcendence-targeted music, filled with…
Yussef Dayes leads a troupe July 22 at the Brighton Dome in Brighton, United Kingdom, during Jazz re:fest.
Jul 31, 2018 9:00 AM
Since 2003, Jazz re:freshed has been a major catalyst in the UK’s jazz regeneration. If you’re a rising artist with…
Van Morrison performs at Moldejazz in Molde, Norway.
Jul 30, 2018 9:00 AM
Molde is a small stop on the Norwegian fjord-viewing cruise-ship route. But July 16-21, under skies that never fully…
R+R=Now performs at the DC Jazz Festival in June.
Jul 25, 2018 9:00 AM
Summer proved to be a propitious time for Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Ruble to promote their new book, DC Jazz:…
En Corps performs at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Kongsberg, Norway.
Jul 24, 2018 9:00 AM
The generous support the Norwegian state funnels into the arts long has reaped palpable benefits. For a country that is…
Francisco Mela contributes Ancestros to the current season of Newvelle releases.
Jul 19, 2018 9:05 AM
As collectible, multimedia art objects, few affordable things surpass the long-playing album. And few labels surpass…
Dan Weiss performs at the Gent Jazz Festival in Gent, Belgium.
Jul 18, 2018 2:00 PM
The Gent Jazz Festival has been running since 2002, although prior to 2008, it was known as the Blue Note Festival.…
