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JazzTimes is honored to premiere the video for a new seasonally appropriate song by Madeleine Peyroux, “Ha Ha Holiday.” Recorded last December in New York … Read More “JT Video Premiere: “Ha Ha Holiday” by Madeleine Peyroux”
The nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards were announced on Tuesday. It was a banner year for female nominees, with women taking five of the … Read More “Jazz Grammy Nominees Announced”
New York City’s Blue Note Jazz Club has announced that it is reopening for in-person dinner service for selected evenings through December 24. Closed (like … Read More “Blue Note Jazz Club Reopens for (Partial) Business Nov. 27”
JazzTimes turned 50 in 2020, and we commemorated that milestone in our December issue with two lists of the past 50 years’ 50 best jazz … Read More “JazzTimes “50 for 50” Celebration”
JazzTimes turned 50 in 2020, and we commemorated that milestone in our December issue with two lists of the past 50 years’ 50 best jazz … Read More “Tune Into the JazzTimes “50 for 50” Celebration”
What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a music magazine than by making a top-50 list? Given how much time we’re spending at … Read More “10 Best Jazz Albums of the 2010s: Critics’ Picks”
What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a music magazine than by making a top-50 list? Given how much time we’re spending at … Read More “10 Best Jazz Albums of the 2000s: Critics’ Picks”
What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a music magazine than by making a top-50 list? Given how much time we’re spending at … Read More “10 Best Jazz Albums of the 1990s: Critics’ Picks”
What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a music magazine than by making a top-50 list? Given how much time we’re spending at … Read More “10 Best Jazz Albums of the 1980s: Critics’ Picks”
In the spring of 1967, Sonny Rollins went on a European tour with two of his favorite musicians, bassist Ruud Jacobs and drummer Han Bennink. … Read More “JT Video Premiere: Sonny Rollins in Holland Mini-Documentary”
What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a music magazine than by making a top-50 list? Given how much time we’re spending at … Read More “10 Best Jazz Albums of the 1970s: Critics’ Picks”
Earlier in 2020, to celebrate our golden anniversary, we conducted five separate readers’ polls asking you to tell us your top 10 jazz albums for … Read More “Top 10 Jazz Albums of the 2010s: Readers’ Picks”
JazzTimes is honored to present the premiere of the video for “Kinetic” by pianist, composer, and bandleader Steven Feifke. Kinetic is also the title of … Read More “JT Video Premiere: “Kinetic” by Steven Feifke Big Band”
Earlier in 2020, to celebrate our golden anniversary, we conducted five separate readers’ polls asking you to tell us your top 10 jazz albums for … Read More “Top 10 Jazz Albums of the 2000s: Readers’ Picks”
Bill Evans’ trio with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette didn’t last long—only a few months in 1968—which makes any recording by that group … Read More “JT Video Premiere: Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott’s“
Earlier in 2020, to celebrate our golden anniversary, we conducted five separate readers’ polls asking you to tell us your top 10 jazz albums for … Read More “Top 10 Jazz Albums of the 1990s: Readers’ Picks”
Earlier in 2020, to celebrate our golden anniversary, we conducted five separate readers’ polls asking you to tell us your top 10 jazz albums for … Read More “Top 10 Jazz Albums of the 1980s: Readers’ Picks”
He’s 13 and he can play piano, guitar, and bass like a pro. Both Quincy Jones and Harry Connick Jr. have called him “something special,” … Read More “JT Album Preview: Gruv Kid by Justin Lee Schultz”
Earlier in 2020, to celebrate our golden anniversary, we conducted five separate readers’ polls asking you to tell us your top 10 jazz albums for … Read More “Top 10 Jazz Albums of the 1970s: Readers’ Picks”
Live from Rudy Van Gelder’s Studio, a new virtual music series, will debut on Saturday, November 14 with a live streaming broadcast from Rudy Van … Read More “Live from Rudy Van Gelder’s Studio Premieres Nov. 14″
The Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation (CI) Departments of the New England Conservatory continue their 2020 fall season with an array of livestream and virtual … Read More “New England Conservatory Sets Streaming Schedule”
Over the past five decades, the University of Pittsburgh’s annual Jazz Seminar and Concert has become a staple of the Pittsburgh music scene. It began … Read More “University of Pittsburgh Hosts Its 50th Jazz Seminar and Concert”
The Savannah Music Festival has announced its official dates and formats for the 2021 edition of the festival. It will take place May 18-30, and … Read More “Savannah Music Festival Announces 2021 Dates”
Many livestreamed jazz performances do as much as they can to replicate the look and feel of a live concert in a club. Not many, … Read More “Historic Vancouver Club to Be Recreated for Jill Barber Concert”
Jazzfuel.com, a jazz advocacy website run by Paris-based manager and booking agent Matt Fripp, published on October 13 the results of an international survey of … Read More “Survey of Jazz Musicians in Pandemic’s Wake Yields Gloomy Results”
In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, guitarist Slim Gambill had an idea: mash up Wes Montgomery’s “Four on Six” with Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” … Read More “JT Video Premiere: “24 on 6” Teaser by Slim Gambill & (Many) Friends”
Highsnobiety Jazz TV, a collaborative multimedia initiative between the Newport Jazz Festival and the online magazine Highsnobiety, launches today (Oct. 26) for three days of … Read More “Highsnobiety Jazz TV Launches Oct. 26”
Erica Muhl will be the next president of Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee, according to a press release sent by Berklee … Read More “Berklee Names Erica Muhl Its New President”
Pianist Keith Jarrett, one of the most important figures in jazz of the last 50 years, has been curiously invisible since his last performance in … Read More “Keith Jarrett May Never Perform Again”
The National Endowment for the Arts has today announced the four recipients of the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship. The new honorees of the United … Read More “National Endowment for the Arts Reveals Jazz Masters for 2021”
