Improvised music like jazz requires creative listening. Avant-garde jazz requires the most creative listening of all. The music of Whit Dickey’s quartet (Dickey, drums; Rob … Read More “Whit Dickey Quartet: Astral Long Form: Staircase in Space (TAO Forms)” The post Whit Dickey Quartet: Astral Long Form: Staircase in Space (TAO Forms) appeared first on…
Columbia University’s Center for Jazz Studies, in conjunction with the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF), is presenting the 2022 Louis Armstrong International Continuum: Armstrong & … Read More “Armstrong International Continuum Presents Virtual Symposium and Concert” The post Armstrong International Continuum Presents Virtual Symposium and Concert appeared first on JazzTimes.
Blue Note Re:imagined returns in 2022 with a new 16-track compilation featuring fresh takes on music from the illustrious Blue Note Records vaults recorded by a heavyweight line-up of the UK jazz, soul, and R&B scene’s most hotly-tipped rising stars. Arriving off the back of the widespread international success of the first volume, which topped jazz charts around…
The first JazzTimes Top Track contest, which began accepting submissions in April, is now heading into its final days. If would-be entrants wish to have their music … Read More “JazzTimes Top Track Contest Enters Final Phase” The post JazzTimes Top Track Contest Enters Final Phase appeared first on JazzTimes.
In the jazz guitar world, there’s a small army of wildly innovative six-stringers who are stylistically all over the map, many of them leaning into … Read More “Benji Kaplan: Something Here Inside (Wise Cat)” The post Benji Kaplan: Something Here Inside (Wise Cat) appeared first on JazzTimes.
The Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) organization, founded by Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa in 2020, has announced the lineup for the M³ Festival, to … Read More “M³ Festival To Be Held In-Person in New York City” The post M³ Festival To Be Held In-Person in New York City appeared first on JazzTimes.
One of the Bay Area’s most dynamic multi-genre trumpeters for over four decades, BILL ORTIZ recorded and toured the world with Santana for 16 years – starting with the multi-Grammy winning Smooth album – and has recorded and/or performed with legends of jazz (Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea), Latin (Tito Puente, Pete Escovedo), rock/blues (Boz Scaggs, Buddy Guy)…
The seeds for “The Astrud Project” were sewn on jazz vocalist Anne Walsh’s previous album, “Brand New.” On that 2016 set, Walsh penned biographical lyrics to Brazilian jazz singer Astrud Gilberto’s lyric-less scat on “Nao Bate O Coracao,” retitling the song “The Writing’s on the Wall.” Walsh did a similar thing with Gilberto’s scatted “Beach Samba,” which…
What: SOLFest Punta Cana When: January 16-18, 2023 Where: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Punta Cana, Dominican Republic There is a January 15th add-on featuring Jodeci January 16-18 artists: Anthony Hamilton Ashanti Joe Dru Hill All -inclusive room packages include: • 5 Star accommodations • Casual and à la carte dining • Beverages (alcoholic…
Grachan Moncur III, a trombonist and composer who forged a unique identity in the “new thing” of 1960s jazz, died in his longtime home city … Read More “Grachan Moncur III 1937 – 2022” The post Grachan Moncur III 1937 – 2022 appeared first on JazzTimes.