Apr 2, 2018 9:00 AM
Big Ears’ Generous Cross-Pollination
With every annual installment, the Big Ears Festival feels more and more like several festivals under a single banner.…
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…
Vocalist Jazzmeia Horn and pianist Justin Kauflin represent part of the American contingent who will be taking part of jazzahead!, a festival and trade fair in Bremen, Germany.
Mar 28, 2018 9:00 AM
Eight acts from outside of Europe are set to play the April 21 Overseas Night showacase at jazzahead!.
jazzahead!,…
Guitarist Lionel Loueke says he’s frequently struck by inspiration while flying. He doesn’t know why.
Mar 28, 2018 9:00 AM
Lionel Loueke is a world-renowned guitarist who has forged a reputation for a unique fusion of music, comprising sounds…
Vocalist Fay Claassen doesn’t have any immediate plans to tour the States, but says there’s “a very modern, free scene” in Germany.
Mar 27, 2018 5:01 PM
Dutch singer Fay Claassen’s assured sense of time and impeccable phrasing cover a wide terrain. On her recent, disc…
MPS has released singer China Moses’ Nightintales.
Mar 27, 2018 1:46 PM
Like a lot of well-off young men in the 1950s, Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer was a dedicated audio enthusiast. But while…
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones—along with Alison Krauss, Boz Scaggs, Jill Scott, Lake Street Dive and Seal—have been announced as headliners at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
Mar 26, 2018 10:52 AM
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones are among the headliners for the 17th annual Xerox Rochester International Jazz…
Renee Rosnes (far left) leads her Woman to Woman ensemble during its March 2 New York debut at the 92nd Street Y.
Mar 26, 2018 10:16 AM
Renee Rosnes—the pianist and musical director of the all-female, all-star septet Woman to Woman—consistently has…
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