Jun 27, 2022 9:26 AM
Gilmore Piano Festival Strides Ahead
The in-person interfacing of jazz and classical music was back on display for the first time in four years. With…
The Irving S. Gilmore Piano Festival commissioned a piece by Tyshawn Sorey that premiered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this spring.
Jun 27, 2022 9:26 AM
The in-person interfacing of jazz and classical music was back on display for the first time in four years. With…
The Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival features Diana Krall.
Apr 26, 2022 3:13 PM
Billed as “North America’s largest gathering of keyboard artists,” the 15th biennial Irving S. Gilmore…
Pianist Jeremy Siskind frequently performs in-house concerts with his trio, the Housewarming Project.
Jul 13, 2019 2:11 PM
Pianist and educator Jeremy Siskind is both a homebody and a world traveler. During the past couple of years, the…
Benje Daneman’s new album is Light In The Darkness.
Sep 20, 2018 10:16 AM
Michigan-based trumpeter/flugelhornist Benje Daneman is perpetually busy. In addition to releasing Light In The…
Jun 1, 2018 9:15 AM
It was a “one-off” from New York. Pianist David Virelles’ ensemble was in Kalamazoo, Michigan, performing at…
Pianist Greg Spero is the leader of the band Spirit Fingers.
Apr 26, 2018 5:17 PM
Many fans in the jazz world know pianist Greg Spero for his work touring with the Miles Davis Electric Band, a…
The trio Norma Winstone (left) leads—which includes Glauco Benier and Klaus Gesing—has been augmented by a pair of supplemental players for the ECM album Descansado—Songs For Film.
Apr 4, 2018 1:08 PM
Singer Norma Winstone is without peers when it comes to the chamber-jazz aesthetic. Emerging from the London scene of…
Elio Villafranca has recorded his sixth album, Cinqué.
Mar 14, 2018 3:51 PM
For five days in early May, Cuban pianist/composer Elio Villafranca set up shop at Systems Two, the state-of-the-art…
Swiss-born drummer Jojo Mayer doesn’t want to player like robot, but he used to.
Jan 16, 2018 4:33 PM
The setting: Finland’s 36th annual Tampere Jazz Happening, which ran Nov. 2-5. Swiss-born drummer Jojo Mayer’s band…
Singer Lina Nyberg and her band perform at the 2017 Stockholm Jazz Festival.
Aug 13, 2018 4:05 PM
One of the first sets at this year’s Stockholm Jazz Festival, which ran Oct. 6–15, started with a formless,…
Jessica Curran’s debut is titled Here.
Dec 5, 2017 5:37 PM
Singer-songwriter Jessica Curran, 24, had just returned from the local studio, having recorded an EP with Gustav…
Tunisian oudist/vocalist Dhafer Youssef performs at Pakkahuone on Nov. 5 during the Tampere Jazz Happening.
Dec 7, 2017 11:01 AM
Finland’s 36th annual Tampere Jazz Happening (Nov. 2–5) once again took place in the usual comforts of three…
Bassist Dan Berglund (second from let) performs with his bandmates in Tonbruket at Studion Kulturhuset during the Stockholm Jazz Festival on Oct. 7.
Nov 20, 2017 11:33 AM
Born in the remote village of Pilgrimstad, Sweden (population: 386), bassist Dan Berglund is a musical institution on…
Saxophonist Gilad Atzmon has released a new book, Being In Time–A Post-political Manifesto (Skyscraper)
Nov 15, 2017 9:33 PM
Saxophonist Gilad Atzmon, a former Israeli citizen living in London since 1994, remains a veritable planetary citizen,…
Frank Gambale onstage at the 2017 Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden
Nov 6, 2017 8:57 PM
“Play the melody like a great singer.” That’s guitarist Frank Gambale talking about the importance of putting…
Marco Pereira (left) performs with Miriam Aida at Sweden’s Uppsala International Guitar Festival, held Oct. 11–15.
Nov 6, 2017 9:13 PM
At the 14th annual Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden, a memorable highlight was the programming on Oct.…
Chris Eldridge (left) and Julian Lage released the album Mount Royal in February.
Oct 18, 2017 9:05 AM
They come from different musical worlds. But you’d never guess that after seeing them perform in the Krannert…
Lina Nyberg performs at the Stockholm Jazz Festival on October 9.
Oct 17, 2017 3:51 PM
The music at this year’s edition of the Stockholm Jazz Festival, which ran Oct. 6–15, started with a formless,…
Rez Abbasi
Oct 13, 2017 4:05 PM
While most might associate guitarist Rez Abbasi with his quintet Invocation, there was another side to the artist on…
Samantha Fish performs during the ELLNORA festval at the Krannert Center in Urbana, Illinois, on Sept. 14.
Sep 22, 2017 11:42 PM
The ELLNORA Guitar Festival, held Sept. 14–16, is a mecca for all manner of string players as well as voracious music…
Markus Reuter, Pat Mastelotto and Tony Levin perform at Callahan’s in Detroit on Sept. 3.
Sep 7, 2017 4:41 PM
At Callahan’s, in Detroit’s posh northern suburb of Auburn Hills, jazz fans keen on prog-rock were treated to a…
Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa from The Buena Vista Social Club.
Jul 18, 2017 8:27 AM
It begins with a mention of the late Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba’s 1959 revolution. Thus, the sides are drawn,…
Guitarist Dewa Budjana’s latest album is titled Zentuary.
Jun 9, 2017 10:22 PM
Indonesian guitarist Dewa Budjana can be viewed as a composite of Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth.…
Dwiki Dharmawan performs at the 2017 Jarkata International Java Jazz Festival
Apr 20, 2017 6:00 PM
A headliner at this year’s Java Jazz Festival (March 3–5) in Jakarta, Indonesia,…
Adam Rudolph’s latest album is Glare Of The Tiger, which he recorded with his band Moving Picture.
Apr 7, 2017 7:22 AM
As much a philosopher as a musician, percussionist Adam Rudolph can deliver phrases and quotes with piercing acuity.…
Anoushka Shankar
Feb 22, 2017 4:15 PM
Born in London and raised in Delhi, India, and Encinitas, California, sitarist/composer Anoushka Shankar is the…
Roscoe Mitchell performs at the Stockholm Jazz Festival, which ran from Oct. 7–16 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Dec 9, 2016 3:42 PM
This year’s Stockholm Jazz Festival, held October 7–16, tilted a bit more in the direction of world music, with jazz…
Miles Davis (left) and Michel Legrand in a publicity photo for the soundtrack to the 1991 film Dingo
Mar 27, 2020 12:34 PM
“The first jazz album I made was with Miles, and the last album he made was with me,” said Michel Legrand during a…
Brothers Leonard (left) and Slava Grigoryan perform at the Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Uppsala, Sweden.
Oct 18, 2016 1:57 PM
The distant sounds of acoustic guitars floated through the air as the performances got underway on the second floor of…
Charles Lloyd (foreground) and Harish Raghavan perform at the Oslo Jazz Festival on Aug. 17.
Sep 27, 2016 10:46 AM
The fourth night of the 30th Annual Oslo Jazz Festival (Aug. 14–20) centered on a particularly riveting set by…
Jan Garbarek performs at the Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway on Aug. 14.
Sep 8, 2016 3:49 PM
Jan Garbarek, a limber and graceful reedist, played fast, loose and everything in between with his band at the 30th…
Charles Lloyd will headline the 30th Annual Oslo Jazz Festival, which takes place August 14–20.
Jul 11, 2016 12:04 PM
The 30th Annual Oslo Jazz Festival will celebrate in style as it features returning artists as well as new talents…
Taylor Eigsti performs during the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on May 12.
May 26, 2016 5:35 PM
In the first of two sold-out sets at Bell’s Eccentric Café in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Irving S. Gilmore…
Aaron Diehl performs on May 5 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as part of the Gilmore Keyboard Festival.
May 18, 2016 12:10 PM
The Aaron Diehl Trio’s performance on May 5 was the debut jazz concert at the Eccentric Café, located inside…
Jul 11, 2016 1:03 PM
The Keith Hall Summer Drum Intensive, a camp designed for drummers at all skill levels, will present its 10th annual…
Theo Bleckmann (left) and Ben Monder perform at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on April 9.
Apr 21, 2016 2:47 PM
Singer Theo Bleckmann and guitarist Ben Monder performed before an intimate audience at Western Michigan University’s…
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