Feb 19, 2018 9:45 AM
At Gala, SFJAZZ Connects with Preservation Hall
A five-plus-hour event on Feb. 1 highlighted personal ties among instrumentalists and strengthened the relationship…
Cuban vocalist Daymé Arocena performs with pianist Ernán López-Nussa and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at a recent SFJAZZ gala.
Feb 19, 2018 9:45 AM
A five-plus-hour event on Feb. 1 highlighted personal ties among instrumentalists and strengthened the relationship…
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra seemed to summon the socio-political works of Charles Mingus at a recent performance at the Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Feb 19, 2018 9:33 AM
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra embraced a wealth of jazz history during its winning performance at the…
Joshua Redman performed along with Snarky Puppy bassist Michael League at the second annual GroundUP Music Festival in Miami Beach, Florida, which ran Feb. 9-11.
Feb 16, 2018 2:59 PM
The second annual GroundUP Music Festival, which took place Feb. 9-11 in Miami Beach, felt a bit like paradise.
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The mono version of Sonny Rollins’ Way Out West was issued in 1957, with the stereo version of the album coming out the following year. A reissued set marks the latter’s 60th anniversary.
Feb 16, 2018 9:35 AM
Sixty years ago, the stereo version of saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ Way Out West was released.
On the album, which…
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler at the Jazz Education Network conference in San Diego on Jan. 16, 2015.
Feb 15, 2018 10:49 AM
In tribute to drummer Ndugu Chancler, who passed away on Feb. 3, below is the feature ‘Like Royalty,’ which was…
Nolatet’s No Revenge Necessary is due out April 27 on Royal Potato Family.
Feb 15, 2018 9:51 AM
The boozy “Black Sheep” is the lead single off Nolatet’s pending full-length, No Revenge Necessary. Its video debuts…
Soul singer Mavis Staples is set to headline the 2018 Chicago Blues Festival.
Feb 14, 2018 12:36 PM
Mavis Staples tops the bill for this year’s Chicago Blues Festival at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.
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Pianist Vijay Iyer performed in a variety of settings, including in this sextet, during a four-day showcase at SFJAZZ in January.
Feb 14, 2018 9:48 AM
Pianist, composer, bandleader and educator Vijay Iyer returned to San Francisco late in January for the second time in…
Adam Nussbaum’s new Sunnyside release is titled The Lead Belly Project.
Feb 13, 2018 10:17 AM
For four decades, drummer Adam Nussbaum has been a reliably swinging fixture on the scene, providing the syncopated…
Bassist Eddie Gomez (left), drummer Jack DeJohnette and pianist Bill Evans made a few recordings and played live in Summer 1968 while in Germany.
Feb 12, 2018 4:57 PM
After getting done with the new Netflix feature A Futile and Stupid Gesture, which features a fictionalized Chevy Chase…
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