Oct 11, 2017 9:11 AM
Konitz Celebrates 90th Birthday at Blue Note
Lee Konitz, a 2009 NEA Jazz Master and DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee for 2015, brought his empathetic band into the…
Lee Konitz performs at the Blue Note in New York City on Oct. 9. The concert was held in celebration of the saxophonist’s 90th birthday.
Oct 11, 2017 9:11 AM
Lee Konitz, a 2009 NEA Jazz Master and DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee for 2015, brought his empathetic band into the…
Indo-Pak Coalition band members Rez Abbasi (left) Dan Weiss and Rudresh Mahanthappa perform at the Litchfield Jazz Festival on Aug. 6.
Aug 9, 2017 2:53 PM
A dozen years ago, Rudresh Mahanthappa seemed intent on establishing the kind of musical connection to his Indian…
Mary Halvorson held a residency at the Village Vanguard in Manhattan from July 18–23.
Jul 25, 2017 4:06 PM
In her first week-long headlining appearance in the hallowed Village Vanguard (she had previously appeared with her…
Roscoe Mitchell of the Art Ensemble of Chicago performs during the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Oslo, Norway, on July 7.
Jul 20, 2017 3:12 PM
The Kongsberg Jazz Festival, held every summer in an otherwise sleepy silver mining town about 90 minutes from Oslo,…
Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa from The Buena Vista Social Club.
Jul 17, 2017 10:13 AM
It begins with a mention of the late Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba’s 1959 revolution. Thus, the sides are drawn,…
Music by Fats Waller appears on The Savory Collection, Vol. 3.
Jun 14, 2017 1:25 PM
Jazz has always felt an acute discomfort in the close company of acceptance. For a music that takes pride in its…
Trumpeter Lee Morgan (left) is the subject of Kasper Collin’s compelling documentary I Called Him Morgan.
May 30, 2017 9:24 PM
Following a recent screening in Manhattan of Kasper Collin’s compelling documentary about the life and tragic death…
Herbie Hancock (left), Christian McBride, Wayne Shorter, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade take a bow after a performance at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on April 23.
Apr 24, 2017 11:18 AM
It’s a little over a mile, walking distance, from 106 South Street, where Wayne Shorter grew up in Newark’s…
Bobby Rush in a screenshot from the film I Am The Blues.
Sep 28, 2016 10:50 AM
“This guitar is a Bible!” exclaims delta blues musician L.C. Ulmer in the documentary film I Am The Blues.”“From…
May 31, 2016 5:02 PM
The 2016 Israeli Jazz and World Music Fest got off to a rousing, spirited start when Lazer Lloyd, the Connecticut-born,…
