Jan 27, 2016 12:00 AM

The Orrin Keepnews memorial and benefit concert celebrated the full life and 60 year recording career of the prolific…

Jan 25, 2016 7:34 AM

Now established as the jazz equivalent of the State of the Union, the NYC Winter Jazzfest is angling to become the best…

Jan 18, 2016 11:41 AM

The 2016 Winter JazzFest, a marathon featuring more than 100 jazz groups playing in multiple venues in Manhattan’s…

Jan 12, 2016 11:14 AM

Gilad Hekselman is one of the most visible next-generation standard bearers for the Israeli jazz movement that hit the…

Oct 11, 2013 7:22 AM

The new album from sitarist Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of legendary musician and composer Ravi Shankar, is Traces…

Oct 8, 2013 10:52 AM

Nicholas Payton was surprisingly soft spoken at an afternoon discussion during Guadalajara’s Encuentro Internacional…

Oct 2, 2013 5:07 AM

Jackie Taylor, founder and CEO of Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater, said she always had a straightforward goal when…

Oct 1, 2013 9:03 AM

Brazilian guitarist, arranger and composer Oscar Castro-Neves died Sept. 27 from complications of gastric cancer in Los…

Sep 24, 2013 10:42 AM

Ray Charles is joining Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Howlin’ Wolf as the latest music legend to appear on a U.S.…

Sep 10, 2013 7:04 AM

After three-and-a-half decades of hosting international stars and hometown heroes, the Chicago Jazz Festival made a…