Nov 14, 2016 3:56 PM
Q&A with Wadada Leo Smith: Seeing the Bigger Picture
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith is a multi-award winning composer, performer and educator, shortlisted for the 2013 Pulitzer…
Wadada Leo Smith
Nov 14, 2016 3:56 PM
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith is a multi-award winning composer, performer and educator, shortlisted for the 2013 Pulitzer…
Catherine Russell (left), Patti Austin and Angélique Kidjo perform in a tribute to author Ralph Ellison at NJPAC in Newark, New Jersey, on Nov. 1.
Nov 14, 2016 3:56 PM
Jazz and blues were central to Ralph Ellison, author of the 1952 novel Invisible Man. Reminiscing about his childhood…
Nov 14, 2016 3:52 PM
On Feb. 26, 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band, a quintet from New Orleans, entered the Victoria Talking Machine…
Chick Corea is in the midst of a lengthy residency at the Blue Note in New York.
Nov 14, 2016 3:49 PM
Chick Corea does not think small. Try to name another figure who, in celebration of his 75th birthday, could pull off…
John Mayer (foreground) and Pino Palladino perform at the 15th annual Jazz Foundation of America Gala in New York on Oct. 27.
Nov 14, 2016 3:43 PM
The Jazz Foundation of America’s annual “Great Night In Harlem” gala, held this year at the Apollo Theater on…
Kevin Spacey (left), Andra Day, Lizz Wright, Patti Austin and David Alan Grier perform at the ApolloTheater in New York on Oct. 24.
Oct 31, 2016 10:49 AM
It was more than 80 years ago, on Nov. 21, 1934, that a 17-year-old singer named Ella Fitzgerald stepped onto the stage…
Billy Childs (at piano, left), Hubert Laws, Matt Penman and Peter Erskine perform during a tribute to the late Bobby Hutcherson at SFJAZZ on Oct. 23.
Oct 28, 2016 12:38 PM
An all-star group of instrumentalists and vocalists (as well as a few famous audience members) gathered to pay tribute…
Wynton Marsalis (clockwise, from left), Angélique Kidjo, Patti Austin, Catherine Russell and Talib Kweli.
Oct 28, 2016 12:33 PM
Blending artistic excellence with a variety of jazz styles and forms, the fifth TD James Moody Jazz Festival, to be…
Pat Metheny (center) with members of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet prior to the group’s performance of Road To The Sun in Denver on Oct. 20
Oct 28, 2016 12:29 PM
On Oct. 20, guitarist Pat Metheny appeared at the University of Denver to oversee the performance of Road To The Sun, a…
Pat Metheny (center) directs the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet in advance of their performance at the University of Denver on Oct. 20.
Oct 28, 2016 12:25 PM
Many musicians have played Pat Metheny’s music over the decades, but few could say that he has composed something…
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