Jul 22, 2025 1:25 PM
Review: The Return of Strata-East
The first vinyl releases from the recently rejuvenated Strata-East Records remind us how persuasive and powerful jazz…

The first vinyl releases from the rejuvenated Strata-East Records are out, with more to come.
Jul 22, 2025 1:25 PM
The first vinyl releases from the recently rejuvenated Strata-East Records remind us how persuasive and powerful jazz…

Trombone Shorty closes out the Tri-C JazzFest on June 24.
Aug 8, 2023 12:54 PM
Jazz of all stripes ruled the theaters of Playhouse Square during the 44th annual Cuyahoga Community College JazzFest,…

Danilo Pérez helms a big band on Aug. 30 during the Detroit Jazz Festival.
Sep 4, 2019 9:13 PM
The 40th annual Detroit Jazz Festival over Labor Day weekend was a smorgasbord of style, spanning Detroit blues, North…

Henry Threadgill performs Jan. 11 at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jan 14, 2019 3:01 PM
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid along with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble performed the world premiere of…

Terence Blanchard performs a new work in the Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland on Nov. 4.
Nov 8, 2018 12:20 PM
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard packed the house Nov. 4 when he staged the world premiere of his stirring “OUR VOICES:…

Common performs at the 39th annual Tri-C JazzFest in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jul 13, 2018 2:04 PM
Autobiography was a key motif of Cleveland’s 39th Tri-C JazzFest, which ran June 28-30 at Playhouse Square. Bracketed…

Kaspar Rast (left), Nik Bärtsch, Sha and Thomy Jordi recorded Awase for the ECM imprint.
May 24, 2018 9:25 AM
The Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch is best known for Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, an electric group that plays what…

Pianist Yelena Eckemoff said her “task as a composer is to provide comprehensive music material to musicians who can both read and improvise.”
Apr 11, 2018 10:46 AM
Yelena Eckemoff is a Russia-born pianist whose idiosyncratic jazz albums speak to a classical sensibility, a taste for…

Steven Bernstein’s Hot 9 with Henry Butler
Oct 19, 2017 3:46 PM
Henry Butler, Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9 steamed up the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium on Oct. 11.…

Charles Hersch
Jan 22, 2017 11:16 AM
Charles Hersch has devoted much of his academic career to examining issues related to creativity and identity. Hersch,…

John Medeski (left), Chris Wood and Billy Martin (seen here in a publicity photo) performed in On Air Studio in Cleveland on Nov. 18.
Apr 28, 2020 2:55 PM
Count on Medeski Martin & Wood to throw a very entertaining party. With the help of illustrious friends, the deeply…

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