Apr 6, 2018 9:06 AM
Avant-Garde Pianist Cecil Taylor Dies at 89
Avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor has died at the age of 89, according to NPR.
Taylor, a National Endowment for the…
Cecil Taylor (1929–2018)
Apr 6, 2018 9:06 AM
Avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor has died at the age of 89, according to NPR.
Taylor, a National Endowment for the…
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels are set to play the 40th installment of The Playboy Jazz Festival at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl in June.
Apr 5, 2018 4:05 PM
The Playboy Jazz Festival heads into its 40th year with comedian George Lopez serving as MC.
Held at Los Angeles’…
NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis will be a judge at his namesake piano competition June 22–23 in Huntington, West Virginia.
Apr 5, 2018 12:02 PM
The Nu Jazz Agency and West Virginia’s Marshall University will present the inaugural Ellis Marsalis International…
Saxophonist Philipp Gropper works in many disparate contexts, playing in bands led by vibrant German musicians, including bassist Pablo Held and fellow saxophonist Wanja Slavin, in addition to co-leading the electro-acoustic foursome Tau.
Apr 4, 2018 4:38 PM
Few cities in Europe today are more cosmopolitan than Berlin.
During the past few decades, the city has attracted a…
The trio Norma Winstone (left) leads—which includes Glauco Benier and Klaus Gesing—has been augmented by a pair of supplemental players for the ECM album Descansado—Songs For Film.
Apr 3, 2018 6:12 PM
Singer Norma Winstone is without peers when it comes to the chamber-jazz aesthetic. Emerging from the London scene of…
Saxophonist Joe Lovano (left), bassist Drew Gress, guitarist John Scofield and drummer Adam Nussbaum pay tribute to John Abercrombie at a recent performance in Brooklyn at Roulette.
Apr 3, 2018 10:05 AM
The line at Roulette went out the door, wrapped around the corner of Third Avenue and ran down Atlantic Avenue in…
Pianist Jason Moran and percussionist Milford Graves perform as a duo during the Big Ears Festival, which ran March 22–25 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Apr 2, 2018 9:00 AM
With every annual installment, the Big Ears Festival feels more and more like several festivals under a single banner.…
In 2018, pianist Matthew Shipp has issued a pair of albums on ESP-Disk, as well as a three-album set alongside saxophonist Ivo Perelman and a live recording with bassist William Parker.
Mar 30, 2018 9:00 AM
Pianist Matthew Shipp has opened 2018 with a pair of new albums that mark his debut as a leader on ESP-Disk, where he…
Anthony Braxton performs at a 1993 gig that yielded some of the material on Sextet (Parker) 1993.
Mar 29, 2018 9:41 AM
In the early ’90s, not long after he joined the faculty of Connecticut’s Wesleyan University, Anthony Braxton…
The album United We Swing features the Wynton Marsalis Septet and an array of guests, including Willie Nelson (left).
Mar 28, 2018 9:32 AM
The blues is the lingua franca on United We Swing: Best Of The Jazz At Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine), a new…
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