Aug 1, 2019 12:45 PM
Porter Gets Conversational with ‘The Hang’ Podcast
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter soon will launch a weekly podcast titled The Hang. Each episode will…
Singer and composer Gregory Porter will launch a podcast titled The Hang on Aug. 8.
Aug 1, 2019 12:45 PM
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter soon will launch a weekly podcast titled The Hang. Each episode will…
Reed player Shabaka Hutchings performs with Sons of Kemet.
Jul 31, 2019 9:00 AM
When Sons of Kemet formed in 2011—a product of the burgeoning London jazz renaissance—the vibrant quartet drew…
Lauren Sevian leads her own ensemble, performs with the group Lioness and is the band director of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Young Women’s Jazz Orchestra.
Jul 30, 2019 9:00 AM
How do accomplished artists find new ways to expand their sound? Lauren Sevian has a few ideas. Frequently saying…
Keyboardist and composer Patrice Rushen’s catalog has been reinvigorated with the release of Remind Me (The Classic Elektra Recordings, 1978–1984).
Jul 29, 2019 9:00 AM
Patrice Rushen’s first appearance on Soul Train was not as a musical guest.
After Don Cornelius took the show from…
Dianne Reeves, seen here at the 2012 San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, returns to the festival this year.
Jul 29, 2019 9:00 AM
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, which is celebrating its 30th edition Aug. 9–11 with headliners such as Gregory Porter,…
Improvising vocalist Theo Bleckmann (left) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Joseph Branciforte
Jul 26, 2019 11:32 AM
Late in June, vocalist Theo Bleckmann and multi-instrumentalist/producer Joseph Branciforte celebrated the release of…
Sullivan Fortner draws on the history of pianism—from Chopin to Tatum and beyond—while still retaining his own unique voice.
Jul 26, 2019 9:00 AM
In the waning days of June 2017, Sullivan Fortner found himself holed up in Sear Sound, the Manhattan studio, facing…
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (left) and saxophonist Joshua Redman join Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity during a performance at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway.
Jul 25, 2019 11:21 AM
Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra—a juggernaut of an ensemble incorporating three rhythm sections of bass and…
Trombonist and singer Natalie Cressman, a San Francisco native, currently is based in New York.
Jul 25, 2019 9:00 AM
Natalie Cressman’s career is soaring due to her artistic flexibility. At 28, the vocalist and winner of the category…
J.S. Ondara says his family and the people he grew up around in Nairobi, Kenya, thought he was a bit eccentric. The singer/songwriter’s debut, Tales Of America, is out now.
Jul 25, 2019 8:59 AM
J.S. Ondara speaks in a quiet, eloquent manner, choosing his words carefully—the tone befitting a songwriter.
He…
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