Apr 12, 2022 11:06 AM
Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Uncensored Reflections
During the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cécile McLorin Salvant spent about 200 hours devouring Marcel…
“The idea of dancing with a ghost, or a memory — I connect with that idea so much,” Salvant says.
Apr 12, 2022 11:06 AM
During the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cécile McLorin Salvant spent about 200 hours devouring Marcel…
Blue Note Africa will launch this spring with the May 27 release of South African pianist-composer Nduduzo Makhathini’s new album In The Spirit Of Ntu.
Apr 12, 2022 11:04 AM
Blue Note Records and Universal Music Group Africa have announced the creation of Blue Note Africa, a new imprint…
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire performs with the trio Trefoil at this year’s Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Apr 12, 2022 10:48 AM
During the opening concert of this year’s Big Ears Festival, a train roared by just as the Kronos Quartet leaned into…
Jon Batiste delivers a vocal-and-piano version of “Sweet Lorraine” on the Relief album.
Apr 12, 2022 10:43 AM
The word unprecedented was a mainstay of 2020 conversations, and for mostly negative reasons. But the pandemic also…
Jacob Bro performs at the Bergamo Jazz Festival on March 18.
Apr 12, 2022 10:37 AM
The 43rd edition of the Bergamo Jazz Festival was a triumph for its artistic director, Maria Pia de Vito, one of the…
Newly inducted NEA Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke (left), Billy Hart and Donald Harrison Jr. at SFJAZZ Center on March 31.
Apr 5, 2022 4:57 PM
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) formally inducted its four new Jazz Masters on the eve of Jazz Appreciation…
Thurman was the first woman to tour and perform full time with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Apr 5, 2022 4:55 PM
Here’s a question: How many tenor saxophonists would feel comfortable stepping into John Coltrane’s shoes to…
Jon Batiste (center) performs at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3.
Apr 5, 2022 4:53 PM
Jon Batiste was the big winner at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, held April 3 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The…
The Polish electric bassist Kinga Głyk led a funk-jazz fusion band at Szczecin’s Filharmonia on March 18.
Apr 5, 2022 1:40 PM
Szczecin is a port city in the northwest of Poland, very close to the German border. In 2021, its annual jazz festival…
Fiedler and crew return for a second batch of rearranged, reharmonized Sesame Street tunes. From left: Michael Sarin, Sean Conly, Fiedler, Steven Bernstein and Jeff Lederer.
Apr 5, 2022 1:29 PM
With Fuzzy And Blue — his second volume of Sesame Street songs following the 2019 release of Open Sesame —…
