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Darin Atwater Steers the Ship at Monterey Jazz Festival
The 67th edition of the Monterey Jazz Festival, which runs Sept. 27–29 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, features just…
Sep 17, 2024 12:38 PM
The 67th edition of the Monterey Jazz Festival, which runs Sept. 27–29 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, features just…
May 22, 2024 11:09 AM
The name of Estonia’s eight-day spring jazz festival, Jazzkaar, is a pun on an old word for “village party” as…
Jan 9, 2024 12:51 PM
“It’s an honor,” said Monterey Jazz Festival artistic director Tim Jackson, when he heard he would be receiving…
Oct 24, 2023 11:38 AM
Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf’s new quintet album, Hush, came out of a conversation about what to listen to in the car.
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Aug 22, 2023 12:30 PM
When tenor saxophone soul maestro Houston Person talks about his life and career — like the time he was studying at…
Aug 8, 2023 12:54 PM
The Russian war has claimed the life of beloved Ukrainian jazz musician Sergey Artemov. The 29-year-old bassist died…
Jun 6, 2023 4:59 PM
When David Friesen accompanied reed man Paul Horn on his historic 1983 tour to the Soviet Union, the eclectic Portland…
May 23, 2023 1:28 PM
Jazzahead!, a refreshingly hybrid trade fair and artistic showcase held annually at the exhibition center in Bremen,…
Nov 23, 2022 1:21 PM
When pianist Kenny Barron heard he had been elected to the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, his immediate response was to…
Oct 4, 2022 5:38 PM
The Monterey Jazz Festival bounced back to its maskless, pre-COVID self for its 65th edition, as the Arena Stage…
Jul 26, 2022 2:11 PM
Until last year, John Coltrane was widely thought to have performed his masterpiece A Love Supreme only once live, on…
Apr 26, 2022 3:02 PM
A half century has passed since Keith Jarrett released his first solo piano album, Facing You (also his first recording…
Apr 12, 2022 1:39 PM
During the opening concert of this year’s Big Ears Festival, a train roared by just as the Kronos Quartet leaned into…
Feb 1, 2022 3:07 PM
They say good things happen in threes, and for 35-year-old New York composer and bandleader Miho Hazama that certainly…
Oct 19, 2021 2:08 PM
Though reduced to just a third of its usual capacity, the 64th Monterey Jazz Festival (Sept. 24–26) somehow pushed…
Mar 24, 2020 10:47 AM
Named for the charming old wood-and-brick Scandinavian neighborhood where it takes place, the Ballard Jazz Festival is…
Feb 7, 2020 9:38 AM
After bassist John Clayton played the first Vail Jazz Party over Labor Day Weekend in 1995, he asked festival founder…
Nov 11, 2019 10:03 AM
Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival, a five-week fall marathon known for forward-looking programming, presented 56…
Nov 16, 2020 10:33 AM
Christian McBride believes in “paying it forward.” The bassist traveled to Aspen, Colorado, for a week in August to…
Oct 29, 2018 9:35 AM
In 2019, one of Europe’s most esteemed jazz ensembles, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, will celebrate its 25th…
Sep 26, 2018 9:33 AM
Over the course of 30 years, Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival has earned a reputation as one of the premier U.S. jazz…
Oct 1, 2018 12:12 PM
Despite pre-dawn airport pickups and scary midnight rides, bad food and worse sound engineers, there’s a romance to…
Sep 11, 2018 4:21 PM
Over Labor Day weekend in Detroit, many buildings hung their flags at half-mast, as the city laid to rest its favorite…
Jul 13, 2018 12:48 PM
Jazz historically has aimed for deep cultural relevance and a commitment to social justice, as vintage work by Charles…
Mar 8, 2018 12:25 PM
Last fall, when Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival invited pianist/vocalist Dawn Clement to serve as…
Feb 7, 2018 1:12 PM
For years, Entertainment Cruise Productions Executive Director Michael Lazaroff has been trying to strike the right…
Sep 25, 2017 12:40 PM
“It’s something you hear about a lot,” said Georgia-based pianist Clay Eshleman of the Vail Jazz Workshop,…
Oct 2, 2017 5:35 PM
Three years ago, when Monterey Jazz Festival Artistic Director Tim Jackson booked The Roots as a Saturday-night…
Feb 24, 2017 11:21 AM
One of the many pleasures of a jazz festival is the parade of rhythm sections, and the first four days of this year’s…
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Quincy Jones once described Ernestine Anderson’s voice as the “sound of honey at dusk.”
It was an accurate,…
Feb 14, 2020 4:15 PM
The 2016 PDX Jazz Festival, which took place in various venues in Portland, Oregon, from Feb. 18–28, has excelled…
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Tony Williams erupted onto the jazz scene in 1963 as a 17-year-old prodigy with a full-blown, volcanic style of…