Jul 25, 2023 1:41 PM
Umbria Jazz Reaches Half-Century Mark
In a sense, the Umbria Jazz Festival has been such a formidable and evolving part of the international jazz festival…
Branford Marsalis’ crack quartet was among the stronger arena fare on the menu at Umbria.
Jul 25, 2023 1:41 PM
In a sense, the Umbria Jazz Festival has been such a formidable and evolving part of the international jazz festival…
’You can’t simply book a festival with things that you like,” Christian McBride says of the Newport Jazz Festival. “You have a responsibility to present up-and-coming artists who people don’t know yet. And you have to get people in the seats.”
Jul 25, 2023 1:22 PM
This year’s Newport Jazz Festival, scheduled for Aug. 4–6, will continue George Wein’s strategy of presenting a…
“I definitely want to find a way to put together different disciplines in the arts going forward,” Fava says.
Jul 25, 2023 1:03 PM
Knoxville, Tennessee, seems an unlikely locale for one of jazz’s most promising and enterprising young pianists. For…
George Duke (1946–2013) in concert with the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra.
Jul 25, 2023 12:57 PM
The Symphonic Jazz Orchestra, led by music director and founder Mitch Glickman, has announced the 8th Annual George…
Bennett, perhaps, has the honor of the longest sustained career as a star performer in the annals of show business history, writes John McDonough.
Jul 21, 2023 8:25 AM
Tony Bennett, who ascended to the top of American popular music a year before Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne in…
“It felt like my people were right there in Harlem,” Jacques Schwarz-Bart said of the muse for his latest recording.
Jul 18, 2023 2:07 PM
Five years ago, Jacques Schwarz-Bart moved away from Harlem, where he had come into his own as a tenor saxophonist,…
The 150-page graphic novel follows Davis through four decades of musical innovation and ever-escalating obstacles.
Jul 18, 2023 1:57 PM
Z2 will release Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound, a graphic novel that explores Davis’ winding, exhilarating…
“We can’t fix any mistakes,” Vince Ector notes about recording live.
Jul 18, 2023 1:44 PM
The concert was Ector’s bandleading debut at the Old Lyme, Connecticut, venue. Recorded in January 2020, it also…
Chris Williams
Jul 18, 2023 1:38 PM
Chris Williams has stepped into the role of president and CEO of The American Pianists Association as he takes over for…
Jul 13, 2023 12:45 PM
Impulse! Records will release Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy — a recording of the two…
