Evan Haga

Bright Moments with Gary Bartz

Evan Haga

One of jazz culture’s many graces is that a musician’s value—his or her relevance, to use a deeply flawed term—has little to do with age. … Read More

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International Jazz Day in Australia: Continental Connections

Evan Haga

The late Bernie McGann, a hugely influential figure in the history of Australian jazz, studied and played in New York, collaborated with Freddie Hubbard, Sonny … Read More

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Bright Moments with William Parker

Evan Haga

To work on an installment of Bright Moments featuring the bassist and composer William Parker can feel like an exercise in futility. But not because … Read More

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Jeff Goldblum: Not a Hollywood Square

Evan Haga

Talking with Jeff Goldblum is one rare instance in which it’s comforting to learn that a Hollywood reputation holds true. Well, nearly true. Reached by … Read More

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Chops: What It Means to Be a Drummer from Houston

Evan Haga

Last December, the drummers Chris Dave, 44, Eric Harland, 41, and Kendrick Scott, 38, found themselves on old stomping ground, milling about the hallways of … Read More

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Chops: Secrets of the Slide Trumpet

Evan Haga

In late June, at the club Nublu in Manhattan’s East Village, I sidled up to the musician and bandleader Steven Bernstein at the bar. I … Read More

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Live Review: 2018 Detroit Jazz Festival

Evan Haga

In Switzerland, a snowman effigy called a Böögg is burned and exploded at the stake as a way of marking winter’s end and predicting the fortitude … Read More

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The Return of the Fender Jazzmaster Guitar

Evan Haga

Last March, at the Brooklyn venue Roulette, the guitarist Nels Cline began his segment of a live tribute to John Abercrombie alone. He interpreted the … Read More

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JT Notes: JazzTimes’ Editor Evan Haga Bids Farewell

Evan Haga

In 1907, after the Coney Island impresario George C. Tilyou witnessed the ashy ruins of his Steeplechase Park, he posted a pithy note that begins … Read More

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Live Review: Grant Green’s Evolution of Funk in New York

Evan Haga

Grant Green’s Evolution of Funk, which closed out a four-night stint at Jazz Standard in Manhattan on Sunday, July 1, is an unabashed tribute act. … Read More

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Live Review: Bill Frisell Guitar Invitational in New York

Evan Haga

“These are all my teachers up here,” Bill Frisell said on Thursday night (June 21) at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. He was … Read More

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Jazz Foundation of America Gala: Of Jazz and Charity

Evan Haga

Institutional support in jazz is now essential to the music’s health, but it can sometimes seem like a satire of charity: a few thousand dollars … Read More

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Live Review: Ry Cooder at Town Hall, NYC

Evan Haga

If the contemporary concert experience offered by most famous baby-boomer guitar heroes evokes an upscale sports bar—you know the place: Budweiser in those strange aluminum … Read More

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Letter From Saint Petersburg

Evan Haga

“You have to imagine peace, and work for it,” the arts producer and musician Hannibal Saad told me in the late evening of April 30. … Read More

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Jazz Festival Etiquette: “Keep Your Shirt On Because Newport Is Not Bonnaroo”

Evan Haga

As I slink toward middle age, I’m finding less enjoyment at concerts, or at least more frustration, and it has nothing to do with the … Read More

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Herbie Hancock & Kamasi Washington at Walt Disney Concert Hall

Evan Haga

I adore criticism, and I rarely enjoy reading more than when I’m digging into great profile writing. But I also find straight-up oral history fascinating, … Read More

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Live Review: “John Abercrombie: Timeless”

Evan Haga

Subscribe to JazzTimes magazine for the latest news, reviews, and more! On Monday night, at the Brooklyn venue Roulette, a fantastic two-hour-plus tribute show was … Read More

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Jimmie Vaughan’s B-3 Vibe

Evan Haga

Onstage with Steve Miller at Jazz at Lincoln Center in early December, the guitarist Jimmie Vaughan, Texas blues royalty at age 66, used his generous … Read More

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JT Notes: Keeping Timeliness

Evan Haga

Even in our fully digitized era, print has its selling points: portability, durability, cheaper than an iPad. But timeliness? Not so much. I’m sending this … Read More

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Various Artists: Blue Note Review, Volume One – Peace, Love & Fishing (Blue Note)

Evan Haga

This first installment in Blue Note’s new subscription box-set series requires a different kind of jazz review, maybe something closer to a consumer guide or … Read More

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Jason Moran: Skate and Create

Evan Haga

I like to think of Jason Moran as jazz’s current time-capsule musician. By which I mean, if one were given the futile task of pointing … Read More

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New York Art Party: Celebrating Roswell Rudd

Evan Haga

The trombonist Roswell Rudd looked drained as he entered his 82nd birthday party at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in mid-November. Making his way in a wheelchair … Read More

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In Honor of Christopher Loudon: A Soldier of Songs

Evan Haga

I was single, childless and 25 years old in the summer of 2009, but I don’t remember being carefree. I had been an editor at … Read More

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Field Notes: GoGo Penguin’s “Koyaanisqatsi” in Brooklyn

Evan Haga

To compose a new score to Koyaanisqatsi, the breathtaking 1982 experimental film directed by Godfrey Reggio, is in many ways to remake the Mona Lisa. … Read More

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Field Notes: John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring in NYC

Evan Haga

The guitarist John McLaughlin, who helped pioneer jazz-rock fusion and became arguably its most important figure, is currently on what has been sold as his … Read More

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JT Notes: Bang the Drum Smartly

Evan Haga

“It’s one of those ancient arguments, like a black guy can’t be a quarterback or a woman can’t fly a plane,” Jeff “Tain” Watts tells … Read More

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Gearhead: Let’s Get Real

Evan Haga

For decades, The Real Book was the jazz musician’s favorite piece of contraband (well, it was at least top-five) and a fascinating tale of perseverance … Read More

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The To-Listen List

Evan Haga

There’s a point of near-madness that occurs when I undertake one of our articles, like this month’s cover story, based on a comprehensive poll of … Read More

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Review: Detroit Jazz Festival 2017

Evan Haga

It says something about the curatorial sharpness and magnitude of the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival when sets including the Vijay Iyer Sextet, Karriem Riggins with … Read More

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JT Notes: The Mahavishnu Letters

Evan Haga

On the occasions when I’ve solicited feedback in this space, I’ve been consistently impressed with the thoughtfulness and depth of feeling in those responses. But … Read More

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