Jun 14, 2018 10:04 AM
Cartoonist Blutch Explores the Genre in ‘Total Jazz’
There was a time, immediately after the Allies won World War II, when America’s cultural treasures, including jazz,…
A detail from Blutch’s Total Jazz (Fantagraphics Books).
Jun 14, 2018 10:04 AM
There was a time, immediately after the Allies won World War II, when America’s cultural treasures, including jazz,…
Guitarist Andreas Varady was born in Slovakia but is now based in Ireland.
Jun 14, 2018 9:00 AM
You’re a high school senior. You’ve applied to the best jazz colleges. They’ve all accepted you. So, what do you…
Jimmy Johnson (left) and Dave Spector perform at the 2018 Chicago Blues Festival.
Jun 13, 2018 9:44 AM
Jimmy Johnson doesn’t reveal his age, as he made abundantly clear June 8 during his afternoon duo set at the 35th…
Daymé Arocena performs June 9 during the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
Jun 12, 2018 4:40 PM
For the first time in its 40-year history, the Playboy Jazz Festival returned to the Hollywood Bowl without its…
Eddie Henderson frequently eschews original compositions on his albums, opting instead for interpretations to create a “collective portrait.”
Jun 12, 2018 8:03 AM
In 1970, When Eddie Henderson joined Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi band as a substitute trumpeter, he was the least…
Lorraine Gordon at the Village Vanguard in 2005
Jun 11, 2018 3:31 PM
Lorraine Gordon, the proprietor of the Village Vanguard jazz club in Greenwich Village, died June 9 in Manhattan. She…
San Francisco-based vocalist Roberta Donnay pays tribute to Louis Armstrong on her new album.
Jun 11, 2018 9:17 AM
When you’re in love, it’s easy to lose yourself in the allure of your beloved. Just ask Roberta Donnay: The San…
Cécile McLorin Salvant and Aaron Diehl perform June 14, 2017, at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Jun 10, 2018 4:20 PM
The packed house at New York’s 92nd Street Y was no pushover. A skeptical lot accustomed to hearing the cream of…
On June 29, the Impulse! label will issue previously unreleased studio recordings by John Coltrane (left), Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and McCoy Tyner under the title Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album.
Jun 8, 2018 8:00 AM
“Finding unreleased John Coltrane? It’s like discovering buried treasure.”
That’s how Ravi Coltrane, the…
Donny McCaslin’s second album for Motéma will be released later this year.
Jun 7, 2018 7:57 AM
High hopes always accompany the launch of a record label. But many labels falter due to the challenges of today’s…
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