May 22, 2018 9:40 PM
Early Acoustic Recordings Hint at Garcia’s Future with The Grateful Dead
One of the most influential and versatile improvisers of the late 20th century, Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia…
May 22, 2018 9:40 PM
One of the most influential and versatile improvisers of the late 20th century, Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia…
Bassist-composer Mario Pavone (left) led his Dialect Trio, which also includes drummer Tyshawn Sorey and pianist Matt Mitchell, through a pair of sets Friday, May 18 at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, Connecticut.
May 22, 2018 9:00 AM
Bassist-composer and Connecticut’s favorite son Mario Pavone brought his dynamic Dialect Trio—featuring outstanding…
LYAMBIKO performs at Jazzfest Bonn.
May 16, 2018 1:46 PM
A serious musical lineage long has been part of the civic bone structure of Bonn, Germany.
Most famously, it is the…
Charles Lloyd performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28.
May 15, 2018 9:52 AM
When all the gumbo’s been digested following seven days of music at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it…
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (left) and Denardo Coleman perform April 29 at the Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music Festival in Philadelphia.
May 10, 2018 9:37 AM
The final show of electric bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma’s fourth annual Outsiders Improvised and Creative Music…
The Avarus Trio, comprising Mari-Liis Vihermäe (left), Heigo Rosin and Mingo Rajandi, performs at the Jazzkaar Festival’s Estonian showcase in Tallinn, Estonia.
May 9, 2018 9:40 AM
It can take a few days for a festival’s character to emerge, with settings and shows only gradually collecting into a…
Robert Glasper (left), Derrick Hodge and Kendrick Scott perform following a screening of the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 23.
May 8, 2018 4:00 PM
UPDATE: The theatrical run begins June 14 in New York at Metrograph. June 28, the film opens in Los Angles at Laemmle…
Ben Williams (left), Oleg Butman and James Morrison perform in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the April 30 celebration of International Jazz Day.
May 3, 2018 10:22 AM
Amplifying cultural exchange and diplomacy more than igniting heated sociopolitical debates has become an unspoken rule…
Horse Orchestra performs April 20 at Kulturzentrum Schlachthof as part of jazzahead! in Bremen, Germany.
May 2, 2018 10:04 AM
“This is the most useful tool for international networking in Europe,” said Cyril Moshkow, board member of the…
Dr. Lonnie Smith performs at one of three sets on April 5 at the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia.
May 1, 2018 9:25 AM
Although the Savannah Music Festival embraces all forms of American roots music, most of its jazz programming takes…