Jul 2, 2024 1:37 PM
Healdsburg Fest Showcases Diasporic Tributaries to Mainstem Jazz
“All killer, no filler” is a good descriptor for Healdsburg Jazz Festival’s 26th anniversary edition, which…
Soul-jazz tenor icon Houston Person with drummer Sylvia Cuenca at this year’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival.
Jul 2, 2024 1:37 PM
“All killer, no filler” is a good descriptor for Healdsburg Jazz Festival’s 26th anniversary edition, which…
Dave and son Chris Brubeck with broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite in a historic photo from the archive.
Jul 2, 2024 12:46 PM
July 1 was the 65th anniversary of the biggest-selling jazz song of all time, “Take Five,” recorded that day in…
The “Good Trouble” band, from left, Jeff Lederer, Tia Fuller, Matt Wilson, Dawn Clement and Ben Allison.
Jun 25, 2024 12:52 PM
Mid-morning on the first Wednesday of April, Matt Wilson was making his weekly 75-minute drive from Baldwin, New York,…
Etienne Charles and his Creole Orchestra drew liberally on sources beyond the Trinidad native’s comfort zone.
Jun 25, 2024 12:42 PM
On Oct. 8, 2022, Etienne Charles reopened Lincoln Center’s newly renovated David Geffen Hall with San Juan Hill, a…
With her new crowdfunded release From Here, Allgood is hitting the big leagues.
Jun 25, 2024 12:09 PM
Jazz singers are a rarified breed. Only a handful actually make it and sustain a career with any degree of national or…
More than 250 artists will be featured over the course of this summer’s Montclair Jazz Festival.
Jun 25, 2024 12:00 PM
Jazz House Kids has announced the artist lineup and the slate of events for the summer-long 15th Anniversary of the…
Maria Schneider said of Decades, her new compilation release: “I just wanted to create something, put it in a beautiful box and say, ‘Look at what we did.‘”
Jun 18, 2024 12:00 PM
Maria Schneider opened the sleek black box and placed it on a coffee table in her Manhattan apartment. Inside lay the…
“Variety is essential,” says Taylor Eigsti. “It both creates new landscapes and puts you in closer touch with the present moment.”
Jun 18, 2024 11:57 AM
It’s early March in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a local, classically trained instrumentalist is astonished as she…
“Georgian folk music is considered one of the world’s most advanced polyphonic folk music styles,” Giorgi Mikadze says.
Jun 18, 2024 11:47 AM
Giorgi Mikadze, a virtuosic pianist and composer, possesses an extraordinary talent shaped by his heritage and diverse…
Christopher Zuar with his wife/collaborator, Anne Beal.
Jun 18, 2024 11:39 AM
Tending the soil of large ensemble jazz culture can be a challenging, labor-intensive and sometimes thankless job. The…
