Sep 12, 2018 9:00 AM
Count Basie Orchestra Knows Pop Music
The Count Basie Orchestra was founded in 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri, and continues to this day, decades after its…
All About That Basie (Concord) includes a clutch of pop tunes that The Count Basie Orchestra makes its own.
Sep 12, 2018 9:00 AM
The Count Basie Orchestra was founded in 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri, and continues to this day, decades after its…
Pianist Randy Weston (1926–2018) performs at the 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival.
Sep 12, 2018 8:55 AM
The Roundhouse hosts events, like the Love Supreme Jazz Festival and the London Jazz Festival, that feature performers from outside of the UK.
Sep 11, 2018 9:00 AM
For almost every British musician, hearing the word “Brexit” induces a quickened heart rate.
The UK is scheduled…
Guitarist John Abercrombie (1944–2017)
Sep 10, 2018 9:00 AM
On 1999’s Open Land, guitarist John Abercrombie and his sextet played their way through a set of the bandleader’s…
Damon Smith (left) and Ra-Kalam Bob Moses
Sep 7, 2018 9:00 AM
Since 2010, Plane Crash has featured the improvisatory skills of Henry Kaiser (guitar), Damon Smith (bass) and Weasel…
Pianist Ramsey Lewis performs at the Chicago Jazz Festival on Sept. 1.
Sep 6, 2018 11:49 AM
Although singer Dianne Reeves’ set was cut short by a thunderstorm and alto saxophonist Maceo Parker proclaimed early…
Pianist Thandi Ntuli recently released Exiled (Inpartmaint), her second full-length album.
Sep 5, 2018 9:00 AM
It’s two hours before showtime.
The staff at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, is making final…
Dave McMurray (left), Esperanza Spalding, Ravi Coltrane and Terri Lyne Carrington pay tribute to the late Geri Allen at the 2018 Detroit Jazz Festival.
Sep 4, 2018 4:08 PM
Over Labor Day weekend in Detroit, many buildings hung their flags at half-mast, as the city laid to rest its favorite…
Selim Selçuk performs on the second night of the Vitrin Contemporary Turkish Music Showcase at the Zorlu Center in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sep 4, 2018 9:00 AM
Earlier this year, at the age of 61, Istanbul-based drummer Selim Selçuk released his first recording. The two-volume…
Randy Weston at the 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival
Sep 1, 2018 8:56 PM
Pianist Randy Weston, an NEA Jazz Master, Doris Duke Impact Award recipient, United States Artist Fellow and Guggenheim…
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