Apr 16, 2025 11:02 PM
Amelia’s Island Jazz Vibe
Les DeMerle learned by doing. DeMerle toured around with the Harry James Big Band for more than a decade and put…
Bonnie Eisele and Les DeMerle performing at the Amelia Island Jazz Festival, which they also present.
Apr 16, 2025 11:02 PM
Les DeMerle learned by doing. DeMerle toured around with the Harry James Big Band for more than a decade and put…
Saxophonist Houston Person joins Joe Alterman (left) on the pianist’s latest release, Brisket For Breakfast.
Apr 15, 2025 3:32 PM
The piano saved Joe Alterman’s life. Dealing with crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder as a teenager, Alterman…
John Zorn has become Mr. Big Ears in the last two iterations of the festival.
Apr 25, 2023 1:03 PM
On the opening evening of Knoxville’s four-day Big Ears Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary March 30 to…
John Zorn will appear in a number of different configurations at this year’s Big Ears Festival.
Mar 21, 2023 3:37 PM
Embrace leaving shows early … and maybe do some cross-training. That seems to be the usual message ahead of…
Joel Ross performs May 25 at the Atlanta Jazz Festival.
May 31, 2019 11:53 AM
In the sticky, oppressive heat of a spring Atlanta day, Stefon Harris pounds out a chordal interval on his marimba in…
Pianist Carla Bley leads a trio with bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 23.
Apr 9, 2019 2:58 PM
Pianist Carla Bley’s longtime trio with bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard is set to head into a…
Herbie Hancock, seen here at the 2017 International Jazz Day Global Concert in Havana, Cuba, performed in Atlanta on Oct. 17.
Oct 23, 2017 12:37 PM
At 77, multiple Grammy winner, NEA Jazz Master and musical ambassador Herbie Hancock refuses to become a legacy act.…
Carla Bley was among the jazz-leaning instrumentalists that performed at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 23-26.
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Perched on a stool in front of a projector screen and nestled behind a laptop, alto saxophonist Matana Roberts had a…
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