Wayne Shorter Weekend at NJPAC — April 20-23!
From April 20 to April 23, 2017, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in downtown Newark, NJ will honor Newark-born saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter in five concerts over four days....
ELLA! Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald’s Centennial Birthday at Kingsborough
Kingsborough College’s series On Stage at Kingsborough has become a real hub of entertainment in Brooklyn, NY. Their motto, “Bringing World-Class Performances Home,” is more than just words, and...
Karrin Allyson Shines at Catalina’s
Five-time Grammy-nominated vocalist, composer and pianist Karrin Allyson brought her quartet to Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles for a three-day engagement March 24-26. We attended Saturday, March 25th. ...
SFJAZZ Collective Highlights Jazz Masters: Bobby Hutcherson and John Handy
© Ken Vermes SFJAZZ kicked off the second half of its fifth season in its dedicated building at San Francisco’s Civic Center with an ambitious and exciting series of...
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...
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem Presents The Savory Collection
© Sheila Horne Mason Packed away for decades, and for a long time only rumored to exist, the Savory Collection was acquired by The National Jazz Museum in Harlem in...
Larry Coryell, 1943-2017: Jazz Warrior – An Appreciation
© Ken Vermes Ed. note: One of the pioneers of fusion guitar as well as a much admired jazz musician, Larry Coryell passed away unexpectedly on February 19 at...
John Scofield Tears Up “Country for Old Men” at SFJAZZ
On a cold blustery winter night at SFJAZZ (February 19), guitarist John Scofield threw up a solid, “perfect game” piece of American-inspired music that was the antidote to the...
Cecile McLorin Salvant: “Woman Child” (Mack Avenue, 2013)
© Andrea Canter Ed note: This review first published on Jazz in June 2013. “If music came with a ‘100% natural and organic” sticker, this CD would have...
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...
On Stage at Kingsborough Season Continues — Winard Harper, On Kentucky Avenue
The fall/winter season of Brooklyn’s On Stage at Kingsborough is continuing in style, with an October performance by drummer Winard Harper and Jeli Posse as part of the Jazz...
Kim Richmond/Clay Jenkins Sextet at Cook’s Chapel in Anaheim
Kim Richmond, a very well-versed alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader, joined his longtime friend, trumpeter Clay Jenkins, for a sextet performance in Anaheim, CA at Cook’s Chapel on November...
John Raymond’s Real Feels: “Live: Volume One”
“I feel like the album captures the seed of something on its way to becoming more honest and beautiful, and I think there’s a certain “magic” to that that...
Fall at SFJAZZ – Tributes to Bobby Hutcherson and Miles Davis + Lovano/Valdes Quintet
SFJAZZ, now in its fifth season in its “new” building, continued its spectacular series of fall concerts with a hastily created memorial concert for the late Bobby Hutcherson, as...
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...
CD Reviews, Recent Themes, Part One: The Fabulous 80s
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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...
Tierney Sutton Band Salutes Sting at Catalina’s
The Tierney Sutton Band completed a three-day gig at Catalina Jazz Club October 13-15. They presented a tribute to Sting and also covered the theme song from their songtrack...
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...
Most Perfect Instrument: Pianos in the Spotlight at SFJazz
This fall is the SFJAZZ organization’s fifth season in there new building. The organization is growing into the structure and experimenting with ideas and line-ups that fit. Randall Kline,...