Pre-Fest: Cameron Kinghorn, Charanga Tropical, Jordan Anderson, Lee Engele
© Andrea Canter The Twin Cities Jazz Festival officially gets underway June 22, but there’s already been some pre-fest music, continuing this weekend and into the week with performances...
Holly Hofmann/Mike Wofford Quartet With John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton at the Muckenthaler Jazz Festival
A great assemblage of jazz musicians appeared at Muckenthaler’s 12th Annual Jazz Festival in Fullerton, CA on Thursday, June 1, 2017. There was no doubt these stellar musicians–the Holly...
The 2017 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal – Coming June 28-July 8
One of the world’s largest and best-known jazz festivals, the Montreal Jazz Festival, officially known as Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, will be hosting the 38th edition from...
Twin Cities Jazz Festival Announces Full Line-up of Headliners!
© Andrea Canter Ed. note: Portions of this article are taken from the May 10th press release from the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Twin Cities Jazz Festival’s Executive...
2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival: McCoy Tyner, Terence Blanchard, Anat Cohen, Bobby Lyle!
© Andrea Canter Twin Cities Jazz Festival Director Steve Heckler announced four headliners for the free 19th annual festival, to be held in and near Mears Park in St....
Jazz at Studio Z “Winter” Jazz Festival on March 25
© Andrea Canter The fourth annual Jazz at Studio Z Winter (or Spring!) Jazz festival will be held on Saturday, March 25, with four bands starting at 5 pm...
17th Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party With Big Band Blowout
© Glenn A. Mitchell, LA Jazz Scene The annual Newport Beach Jazz Party, always a huge success, was a four-day affair, February 23-26, and featured over 100 of the...
Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival Features Nicholas Payton, Jon Weber on January 28-29
© Andrea Canter Now an annual event held in conjunction with the St Paul Winter Carnival, the Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival will be held this weekend, January 28-29,...
The 2016 TD James Moody Jazz Festival
© Sheila Horne Mason There was a lot of great music in 2016, at jazz festivals, large and small. One of the last big festivals of the year was...
The 2016 White Plains Jazz Fest
The fifth annual White Plains Jazz Fest took place September 20–25, 2016, and has gone from a one-day event in 2012 to a six-day, citywide extravaganza. The Fest is...
The 2016 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, the last major event of the season-long line-up of jazz performances in New York City’s SummerStage series, took place August 26-27 at Marcus Garvey...
The 2016 Litchfield Jazz Festival – Generations of Jazz!
The 2016 Litchfield Jazz Festival took place August 6-7 at Goshen Fairgrounds in Connecticut, and was dedicated to bassist/composer/bandleader Mario Pavone, who has been associated with the Festival from...
NJPAC and the TD James Moody Jazz Festival
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) had its spectacular opening celebration on October 18, 1997 that included performances by Wynton Marsalis, Chita Rivera, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Savion...
The Sounds of Coming Home: The 2016 Detroit Jazz Festival
Neither rain, nor high winds, nor malfunctioning starter adapters keep us from the Detroit Jazz Festival. At least not since our string of fests began in 2008. Our plans...
The 2016 Newport Jazz Festival: Fabulous, Rain or Shine
The 2016 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, took place July 29 –31. Sometimes at Newport, you get gorgeous weather, other times you experience torrential downpours....
Dianne Reeves Lights Up the Night at SummerStage
The 2016 SummerStage Festival continued a dazzling season of free jazz concerts on July 27, when acclaimed vocalist Dianne Reeves performed in New York City’s Queensbridge Park. Dianne Reeves...
Kirk Whalum Headlines 15th Annual Selby Ave Jazz Festival, September 10
The 15th annual Selby Avenue JazzFest takes place –free– on Saturday, September 10, 11 am – 8 pm, at the intersection of Selby and Milton Avenues in St. Paul....
2016 Montreal Jazz Festival, Part Two: Music Beyond the Festival
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal attracts so many artists and so much music that numerous musical events go well beyond the Festival. There are jazz clubs, street...
The 2016 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (Part 1) – Canada’s Musical Gift to the World!
The 2016 Montreal Jazz Festival, officially the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, took place from June 29 to July 9. It had a fantastic line-up of established artists...
2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival: Another Weekend Blessed by the Jazz Gods
I think this was my 9th Iowa City Jazz Festival in the past 15 years. It’s a regular part of my summer routine now so I expect there will...