Photos: BRIC JazzFest Comes Back to Brooklyn
From October 21 to 23, the BRIC JazzFest made a welcome return to its live in-person home at BRIC House on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, … Read More “Photos: BRIC JazzFest Comes Back to Brooklyn”
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Photos: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2021
For its 28th edition, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival—presented as part of the New York City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage concert series—returned to Marcus Garvey Park … Read More “Photos: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2021”
A Tribute to Wayne Shorter at New York’s River to River Festival
On June 10, the River to River Festival returned to downtown Manhattan for the launch of its 20th edition (which runs through Sunday, June 27), … Read More “A Tribute to Wayne Shorter at New York’s River to River Festival”
Photos: Princeton University Jazz Festival
On April 13, an Ivy League institution became an improvisational center as Princeton University welcomed an impressive roster of musicians to its main New Jersey campus for the university’s first jazz festival. Organized by Jazz at Princeton University—which is helmed by saxophonist and university jazz director Rudresh Mahanthappa—the day-long festival featured performances by students as … Read More “Photos: Princeton University Jazz Festival”
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Photos: 2018 BRIC JazzFest
The fourth annual BRIC JazzFest in Brooklyn, N.Y., was a four-night extravaganza. First, Antibalas played its potent blend of Afrobeat for the festival’s kickoff night on Oct. 13. Then, from Oct. 18 to Oct. 20, there was the three-night live music marathon, featuring sets by Terence Blanchard, Stefon Harris & Blackout with Casey Benjamin, JD … Read More “Photos: 2018 BRIC JazzFest”
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Photos: 2018 New York Hot Jazz Festival
On Sunday, Sept. 30, the royally retro sights and sounds of the New York Hot Jazz Festival took over the McKittrick Hotel in Chelsea for the second straight year (the festival itself is now six years old). On three stages, artists like Kat Edmonson, Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, Mwenso and the Shakes, Queen Esther, … Read More “Photos: 2018 New York Hot Jazz Festival”
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Photos: “A Musical Tribute to Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams”
On Monday, Jan. 29, the AACM’s New York City Chapter presented “A Musical Tribute to Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams” at the Community Church of New York. Abrams, the profoundly influential pianist-composer and AACM co-founder who died on Oct. 29, was eulogized via words and/or music by his friends, family, colleagues and admirers, among them Jack … Read More “Photos: “A Musical Tribute to Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams””
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Photos: New York Hot Jazz Festival at the McKittrick Hotel
For its fifth edition, held this past Sunday, the New York Hot Jazz Festival found a splendid new home at the McKittrick Hotel in Chelsea. A 12-hour program, including many of the best acts of New York’s current trad-jazz and swing revival, occupied three spaces: the lost-in-time club atmosphere of the Heath Stage; a stage … Read More “Photos: New York Hot Jazz Festival at the McKittrick Hotel”
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2016 New York Hot Jazz Festival
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