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Jazzfest Berlin Sets Tone of Musicality Without Expectation
The intricate and thoughtful music of pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson opened the well-curated…
Henry Threadgill was a major presence at this year’s Jazzfest Berlin.
Jan 4, 2024 3:12 PM
The intricate and thoughtful music of pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson opened the well-curated…
Ashley Paul performs Oct. 6 in Brooklyn at the ISSUE Project Room.
Nov 2, 2018 11:01 AM
For about 40 years, pianist Anthony Coleman has been proving himself as a composer, interpreter and improvisor who’s…
Artifacts—a trio comprising cellist Tomeka Reid, flutist Nicole Mitchell and percussionist Mike Reed—recently performed at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.
Jun 18, 2018 4:09 PM
The trio Artifacts would have seemed a worthy one-off a few years ago. Organized in 2015 by cellist Tomeka Reid to play…
Dave Burrell will be the recipient of the Vision Festival’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Feb 23, 2018 9:10 AM
When Dave Burrell performs at the year’s Vision Festival as the recipient of the fest’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement…
Vocalist Sara Serpa, a native of Portugal, is based in New York.
Nov 16, 2017 12:50 PM
Since moving to New York City from her native Lisbon, Portugal, in 2008, Sara Serpa has built a reputation as a…
Anthony Braxton, seen here in a publicity photo, headlined the 2017 October Revolution, which took place in Philadelphia Oct. 5–8.
Oct 13, 2017 8:09 AM
The Philadelphia jazz community claimed its own revolution on the first weekend of October, showing a bit of hometown…
Tony Buck (left), Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton are the Necks, an Australian trio that performed a marathon residency at the Issue Project Room in New York City on Feb. 23–25.
Mar 6, 2017 5:02 PM
For 30 years now, the Australian trio the Necks—pianist Chris Abrahams, drummer Tony Buck and bassist Lloyd…
Gary Lucas (center, on stage) performs a live soundtrack to a screening of Too Much Johnson, a silent film by Orson Welles that was thought to have been abandoned by the director in 1938 and rediscovered in 2013.
Feb 2, 2017 12:40 PM
Jan. 27 was a busy day for Gary Lucas. In the morning, he was at the United Nations Headquarters on Manhattan’s East…
Wynton Marsalis performs during a tribute to author and theoretician Albert Murray on Nov. 28 at the 92nd Street Y in New York.
Dec 2, 2016 4:00 PM
Novelist Ayana Mathis was shocked when she first discovered the writing of critic, essayist and fellow fiction writer…
Sirius Quartet
Jul 19, 2016 3:48 PM
On the pleasantly mild and not entirely calm night of June 17, aboard a gently rocking boat that has been docked off of…
Code Girl is a new vocal ensemble that performs songs by Mary Halvorson (pictured). The group appeared at the Jazz Gallery June 10–11.
Sep 20, 2018 4:43 PM
This year, in response to complaints about a lack of guitarists in its commissioned residency series, Manhattan’s…
Hamiet Bluiett (left) and Bob Stewart perform during the Vision Festival at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on June 11.
Jul 1, 2016 2:12 PM
Nights at New York City’s annual Vision Festival have a reputation for being more sweet than short, but the June 11…
Kamasi Washington (left) and Ryan Porter perform at Where Spaceways Meet: A Night of Spiritual Jazz, part of the Red Bull Music Academy Festival in Brooklyn on May 8.
Jul 18, 2019 11:14 AM
In the current climate of reconstituted knowledge—where a list of things you might not know or anything evoking Brian…
Roy Nathanson performs at Littlefield in Brooklyn on April 17 as part of the release party for his new album, The Nearness Of You.
Jul 11, 2016 1:03 PM
The ever-inventive saxophonist, composer and bandleader Roy Nathanson’s new album is a distillation of a week of gigs…
Cecil Taylor, the subject of a career retrospective at the Whitney Museum in New York, listens to a performance there on April 16.
Apr 27, 2016 12:17 PM
On the opening day of Open Plan: Cecil Taylor, muttering had begun from assembled fans that Taylor—who was being feted…
The Wet Ink Ensemble payed tribute to avant-garde reedist Anthony Braxton on Jan. 20 at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York.
Mar 22, 2016 1:46 PM
How do you solve the age-old problem of the classical/jazz divide? Or for that matter, how do you approach the more…
Prolific saxophonist Anthony Braxton is the subject three box sets due out April 1.
Mar 22, 2016 1:42 PM
Last year was a busy one for the irrepressible Anthony Braxton. The saxophonist’s activities included a University of…
George Lewis is featured on the album The Kitchen Improvisers 1976–1983.
Nov 23, 2016 10:29 AM
George Lewis’ concert at The Kitchen in Manhattan on Feb. 9 put the spotlight on an archival album that’s not…
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