Mar 2, 2018 10:44 AM
Saul Williams Bridges Worlds of Jazz, Spoken Word and Hip-Hop
For those introduced to hip-hop during the mid-to-late ’90s, listeners heard slam poet laureate Saul Williams…
Spoken word artist Saul Williams contributed to David Murray’s Blues For Memo (Motéma).
Mar 2, 2018 10:44 AM
For those introduced to hip-hop during the mid-to-late ’90s, listeners heard slam poet laureate Saul Williams…
Pianist and vocalist Alina Engibaryan included only one cover on her recently released sophomore album, We Are.
Mar 1, 2018 12:29 PM
Pianist and vocalist Alina Engibaryan recently issued We Are on Feb. 16. And today, she debuts a video for a live…
Organist Cory Henry is set for a residency at Columbia College Chicago, which will coincide with the school’s Deep Dish Music Festival.
Mar 1, 2018 12:16 PM
Columbia College Chicago has its Deep Dish Music Festival set for March 9.
Coinciding with the event will be a…
The relationships bassist Martin Wind forged with the two disparate groups that perform on his Light Blue reach back decades.
Mar 1, 2018 10:00 AM
Bassist and composer Martin Wind sees Light Blue (Laika), his newest and 11th disc, as a two-in-one project. That…
The Beats & Pieces Big Band is set to play the European Jazz Meeting showcase at jazzahead!
Feb 28, 2018 12:23 PM
As a part of jazzahead!, a Bremen, Germany, festival, 16 acts will be showcased April 20 as part of the European Jazz…
Pianist Ethan Iverson played Geri Allen’s “For John Malachi” at Portland’s Winningstad Theatre during the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival.
Feb 28, 2018 9:00 AM
In the past, the folks behind the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival have booked their annual event around a theme. In 2009, it…
Drummer Tony Allen has claimed to be able to play a different time signature with each limb simultaneously.
Feb 27, 2018 9:56 AM
Tony Allen has one of the most recognizable drum sounds on the planet. His polyrhythmic style, which combines swing,…
Antonio Sánchez accompanied the film Birdman at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Feb. 16 with a display of solo drumming that he composed as the movie’s score.
Feb 26, 2018 11:20 AM
The incidence of screening films along with live musical performances—onstage or in an orchestra pit—is nothing…
Percussionist Rob Waring (left), pianist Nelson Ayres and reedist John Surman recorded Invisible Threads for ECM.
Feb 23, 2018 9:09 AM
Thanks to the arrival of new acts like trumpeter Yazz Ahmed, experimental trio The Comet Is Coming and soul-jazz singer…
Dave Burrell will be the recipient of the Vision Festival’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Feb 22, 2018 9:10 AM
When Dave Burrell performs at the year’s Vision Festival as the recipient of the fest’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement…
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