Jul 23, 2024 2:06 PM
Review: Masters of Sax, (Re-)Revisited
So much praise has been heaped (deservedly) on tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ A Night At The Village Vanguard since…
Sonny Rollins’ A Night At The Village Vanguard was the first album documenting the saxophonist as a bandleader in live performance.
Jul 23, 2024 2:06 PM
So much praise has been heaped (deservedly) on tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ A Night At The Village Vanguard since…
Saxophonist Archie Shepp (left) and pianist Jason Moran recorded a series of duets in 2017 and 2018 that are being released as Let My People Go.
Dec 10, 2020 9:54 AM
A pair of generation-defining performers announced their first collaborative album. Saxophonist Archie Shepp and…
Raw Poetic (left), Archie Shepp and Damu The Fudgemunk collaborated on the album Ocean Bridges.
Aug 24, 2020 11:12 AM
Even when family members share a musical calling, it might take decades for them to collaborate. That was the case for…
Mark DeClive-Lowe performs Feb. 19 at The Star Theater in Portland as part of the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival.
Mar 23, 2020 1:13 PM
The Biamp PDX Jazz Festival has undergone a number of changes during the past 15 years: The retirement of longtime…
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…
Ambrose Akinmusire and Kris Davis perform in New York at Vision Festival, which ran May 23-28.
Jul 5, 2018 4:34 PM
“The bad guys, the expletive, blanket-y blanks—those guys are busy messing up our lives,” Vision Festival founder…
Steven Bernstein’s Sexmob performs during Roswell Rudd’s 82nd birthday celebration at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Nov. 16. Pictured from left are Mark Helias (subbing for Tony Scherr), Bernstein, Kenny Wollesen and Briggan Krauss.
Nov 28, 2017 12:51 PM
A huge outpouring of love engulfed Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York on Nov. 16 during a celebration of the great…
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…
Chick Corea (left) performs with Stefon Harris during a tribute concert to the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4
Apr 21, 2016 2:50 PM
Besides producing and streaming a star-studded tribute concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4 for…
Linda Oh (left, with bass), Jimmy Heath, Lakecia Benjamin and Karriem Riggins perform at the NEA Jazz Masters ceremony in Washington, D.C., on April 4.
Apr 18, 2016 4:23 PM
Vibraphonist Gary Burton, saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp, and Jazz Foundation of America Executive…
Chick Corea (left) performs with Stefon Harris during a tribute concert to the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4 (Photo: Shannon Finney/NEA)
Jun 28, 2016 1:11 PM
Besides producing and streaming a star-studded tribute concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4 for…
