Apr 28, 2022 4:58 PM
A Return to ‘Live’ in the West
With 2020 mostly a lost year and 2021 largely transitional, jazz festivals held west of the mighty Mississippi River…
Matt Burchard, literally, takes the music to the people at the Vail Jazz Festival.
Apr 28, 2022 4:58 PM
With 2020 mostly a lost year and 2021 largely transitional, jazz festivals held west of the mighty Mississippi River…
John Zorn’s Masada performing at Jazz em Agosto in Lisbon.
Apr 28, 2022 4:56 PM
In the summer of 2022, our jazz festivals will be free to run without nearly as many of the social distancing…
DownBeat’s May 2022 Festival Guide issue
Apr 28, 2022 4:54 PM
DownBeat’s 2022 Summer Festival Guide is packed with more than 125 listings for festivals around the U.S., Canada,…
“Keith’s thing was startling,” pianist Craig Taborn says of Facing You.
Apr 26, 2022 1:31 PM
A half century has passed since Keith Jarrett released his first solo piano album, Facing You (also his first recording…
Saxophonist and JHK alumnus Birsa Chatterjee observes his student ensemble the Jazz House Messengers as they perform “Autumn Leaves.”
Apr 26, 2022 1:24 PM
Jazz House Kids views music education as an interdisciplinary curriculum.
His left hand on the bass, Christian…
Jaap van Zweden said, “The open minds of the orchestra members are amazing. The soul of the city comes out of these people. It feels very natural.”
Apr 26, 2022 1:15 PM
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the gleaming cultural complex on Manhattan’s West Side, was built on land…
Bluesman David Kearney — known and beloved by fans worldwide as Guitar Shorty
Apr 26, 2022 1:10 PM
Bluesman David Kearney — known and beloved by fans worldwide as Guitar Shorty — died on April 20 in Los Angeles of…
The Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival features Diana Krall.
Apr 26, 2022 12:58 PM
Billed as “North America’s largest gathering of keyboard artists,” the 15th biennial Irving S. Gilmore…
Apr 26, 2022 11:26 AM
Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa Valley premieres this summer with a multi-day, multi-stage festival featuring…
Ornette Coleman (1930–2015)
Apr 18, 2022 11:46 PM
Craft Recordings kicked off a 70th anniversary celebration for the Contemporary Records imprint back in December,…
