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Earshot Festival Presents Panorama of Creative Collaboration
The 36th edition of Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival offered a two-track collaboration that harkened back to its…
Wayne Horvitz contributed a seven-night celebration of Butch Morris, Sun Ra and Julius Hemphill during Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival.
Jan 2, 2025 11:52 AM
The 36th edition of Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival offered a two-track collaboration that harkened back to its…
The third artistic director in the festival’s history, Darin Atwater comes to Monterey with a distinctively different background than his predecessors.
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…
Snarky Puppy virtually tore the roof off the downtown venue Viru Keskus during its crowd-thrilling Jazzkaar Festival performance in April.
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…
“I feel honored to have been a part of this legacy and tradition,” Jackson says of his years at the helm of the Monterey Jazz Festival. “I’m proud of the work that I did.”
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…
Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf have been described as “impressive musically and, most importantly, impressive as people,” by Tim Jackson of the Monterey Jazz Festival.
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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Person’s esthetic took shape in an era when jazz functioned as neighborhood social entertainment and moved with a deep dance groove.
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…
Artemov was known for his trio, Vibe, and for his work with the Danylo Vinarikov Ensemble, the Elevation Trio and the Dark Side Trio.
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…
“There’s a certain passion and energy I play with that I never understood until I went to Ukraine,” Friesen says.
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…
Ingrid Laubrock, left, premieres “Lilith” at jazzahead! 2023 with band member David Adewumi on trumpet.
May 23, 2023 1:28 PM
Jazzahead!, a refreshingly hybrid trade fair and artistic showcase held annually at the exhibition center in Bremen,…
“I’ve learned over the years not to take myself too seriously,” Barron says.
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…
Allison Miller performs with Artemis at the 65th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival.
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…
More than a mere rarity, the new A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle is an avant-garde gem that offers new insights into Coltrane’s iconic work.
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…
“Keith’s thing was startling,” pianist Craig Taborn says of Facing You.
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…
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire performs with the trio Trefoil at this year’s Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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…
“I wanted to start thinking of something larger than this world,” says Miho Hazama.
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…
Gerald Clayton directs the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.
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…
Dawn Clement performs at the Ballard Jazz Festival in 2019.
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…
Bassist John Clayton (left) has helmed the Vail Jazz Workshop since its inception in 1996.
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…
Wayne Horvitz conducts the Seattle Modern Orchestra during the Earshot Jazz Festival, which ran Oct. 4–Nov. 6 in Seattle.
Nov 11, 2019 10:03 AM
Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival, a five-week fall marathon known for forward-looking programming, presented 56…
Christian McBride performs with his band New Jawn at the Chicago Jazz Festival on Aug. 31.
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…
Pianist Marcin Wasilewski’s trio has been together for about 25 years.
Oct 29, 2018 9:35 AM
In 2019, one of Europe’s most esteemed jazz ensembles, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, will celebrate its 25th…
Myra Melford, shown here playing the 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, will perform at this year’s edition.
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…
On Cuong Vu 4Tet’s Change In The Air (RareNoise), its namesake trumpeter ditches electronic effects.
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…
Dave McMurray (left), Esperanza Spalding, Ravi Coltrane and Terri Lyne Carrington pay tribute to the late Geri Allen at the 2018 Detroit Jazz Festival.
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…
Marc Ribot performs at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
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…
Pianist/vocalist Dawn Clement’s fifth leader album is titled Tandem (Origin).
Mar 8, 2018 12:25 PM
Last fall, when Seattle’s Earshot Jazz Festival invited pianist/vocalist Dawn Clement to serve as…
Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater was among the performers on Blue Note at Sea.
Feb 7, 2018 1:12 PM
For years, Entertainment Cruise Productions Executive Director Michael Lazaroff has been trying to strike the right…
Jeff Hamilton (foreground) performs during the Vail Jazz Workshop in Vail, Colorado. The workshop ran from Aug. 31–Sept. 4.
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,…
Linda May Han Oh onstage at the 2017 Monterey Jazz Festival, held Sept. 15–17 in California.
Oct 2, 2017 5:35 PM
Three years ago, when Monterey Jazz Festival Artistic Director Tim Jackson booked The Roots as a Saturday-night…
Billy Hart performs as part of The Cookers at the PDX Jazz Festival in Portland, Oregon, on Feb. 18.
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…
Mar 22, 2016 2:32 PM
Quincy Jones once described Ernestine Anderson’s voice as the “sound of honey at dusk.”
It was an accurate,…
Ravi Coltrane (center) appears with an eight-piece wind ensemble and a jazz quartet at the PDX Jazz Festival’s celebration of John Coltrane in Portland, Oregon. (Photo: Mark Sheldon)
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
Apr 19, 2021 9:59 AM
Tony Williams erupted onto the jazz scene in 1963 as a 17-year-old prodigy with a full-blown, volcanic style of…