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Pianist Frank Kimbrough, who passed away after a heart attack in December 2020, was a beloved musician, educator, and composer who built a formidable legacy … Read More “Compilation on Newvelle Honors the Late Frank Kimbrough”
Swing University, the virtual adult education component of Jazz at Lincoln Center, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2021. It will mark the milestone with … Read More “Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Swing University “Summer of Saxophone””
Good news: Sanborn Sessions, the digital music show hosted by multiple Grammy Award-winning saxophonist David Sanborn, is back. And JazzTimes is honored to premiere its … Read More “JT Video Premiere: Sanborn Sessions Featuring Sting”
Guitarist Pat Metheny will release a new album, SIDE-EYE NYC (V1.IV), on September 9, with tours of the U.S. and Europe to follow from fall … Read More “Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye to Tour the U.S. and Europe in 2021 and 2022”
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the latest class of NEA Jazz Masters, the highest recognition that the United States bestows on its … Read More “2022 NEA Jazz Masters Announced”
JazzTimes is honored to present the premiere of Space-Time, the new album by the Grammy-winning Jeff Lorber Fusion, which will be officially released by Shanachie … Read More “JT Album Premiere: Jeff Lorber Fusion’s Space-Time“
The Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (SJO) has announced its seventh annual ASCAP Foundation/SJO Commissioning Prize competition, honoring its former co-music director, the late keyboardist, composer, producer, … Read More “Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Announces Commissioning Prize Competition”
Germany’s MPS Records, which issued jazz records from 1968 to 1983 and had a reputation for high-quality recordings, will see key pieces from its catalog … Read More “MPS Records to Reissue Catalog Highlights”
Many jazz fans are familiar with Lee Morgan’s 1970 recording Live at the Lighthouse. Hardcore Morgan heads also know that the double album was drawn … Read More “Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse Box Due Out in July”
Normalcy is nigh: Yet another of the major American jazz festivals has announced its return to live performance. The 2021 Monterey Jazz Festival will occupy … Read More “2021 Monterey Jazz Festival Makes First Lineup Announcement”
The Newport Jazz Festival’s 2021 return to live performance is solidifying: The legendary festival announced today at least some of the lineup for its three-day … Read More “Newport Jazz 2021 Lineup Announced”
JazzTimes is honored to present the premiere of the video for “Scrapple” by Grammy-nominated violinist Curtis Stewart. The track, based on Charlie Parker’s “Scrapple from … Read More “JT Video Premiere: “Scrapple” by Curtis Stewart”
For our 2020 Year in Review section, we calculated the top 40 new releases and top 10 historical/reissue recordings of 2020 based on year-end lists … Read More “Year in Review: The Top 40 New Jazz Releases of 2020 (10-1)”
JazzTimes is honored to premiere a new video by pianist/composer Johannes Wallmann. “Elegy for an Undiscovered Species” is the title composition from his latest album … Read More “JT Video Premiere: “Elegy for an Undiscovered Species” by Johannes Wallmann”
The return of live jazz has very slowly begun. One more indication: Sons of Kemet, the London-based quartet led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, has announced … Read More “Sons of Kemet Will Tour North America in 2022”
The Blue Note 2021 Jazz Festival will take place June 15-August 15, and will double as the grand reopening celebration for the eponymous Greenwich Village … Read More “Blue Note 2021 Jazz Festival Announced”
In November 2019, Charles Lloyd played for the first time at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, Germany. He was supposed to return there for … Read More “New Charles Lloyd Documentary Film Premieres”
JazzTimes is honored to present the premiere of “Daouda Sane” by guitarist Leni Stern, one of eight tracks that will appear on her upcoming album … Read More “JT Track Premiere: “Daouda Sane” by Leni Stern”
Noted organist Joey DeFrancesco will perform a concert on Friday, May 15 from the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., where he’ll play the … Read More “Joey DeFrancesco to Reunite with the Van Gelder Studio Organ”
The DC Jazz Festival, which this year will take place September 1-5—on both a delayed and an abbreviated schedule—has announced its full 2021 lineup. The … Read More “DC Jazz Festival Announces 2021 Lineup”
The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) announced the results of its 25th annual JJA Jazz Awards earlier today, and composer/arranger/bandleader Maria Schneider, drummer/composer/bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington, … Read More “JJA Jazz Awards Announced for 2020”
Just as many of us regular folk are exploring new hobbies and other sides of ourselves during the COVID-19 quarantine, so too are jazz musicians. … Read More “Gregory Porter to Host Cooking Show on YouTube (VIDEO)”
Lucy Wijnands is the winner of the 2021 Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition, the Blues Alley Jazz Society (BAJS) has announced. The competition, sponsored by … Read More “Lucy Wijnands Wins Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition”
Last year, when the world was at its most locked-down, Israeli guitarist Dekel Bor—currently based in Berlin, Germany—began a weekly series of online conversations with notable … Read More “Dekel Bor Brings Jazz in Europe Online”
For the second consecutive year, festivities for International Jazz Day will take place in a virtual setting. The UNESCO-sponsored event, which this year marks its … Read More “International Jazz Day 2021 Concert Announced”
UPDATE: The program has now ended, but if you missed some or all of it, don’t worry—just go to https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz to watch a full archived version. … Read More “2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert”
Four jazz musicians—guitarist Rez Abbasi, bassoonist Katherine Young, and pianists Helen Sung and Elio Villafranca—have been named 2021 Guggenheim Fellows in Music Composition. The three … Read More “Four Jazz Musicians Win 2021 Guggenheim Music Fellowships”
The Bayfront Jazz Festival will kick off its inaugural edition in Miami’s Bayfront Park on April 30 (International Jazz Day) and May 1. Appearing over … Read More “Bayfront Jazz Festival to Debut in Miami on International Jazz Day”
An Indiegogo fundraising campaign was recently launched to support the production of Iphigenia, an opera with music by Wayne Shorter and a libretto by Esperanza … Read More “Campaign Launched for Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding’s Iphigenia“
The Blues Alley Jazz Society (BAJS) has announced that the Ella Fitzgerald International Jazz Vocal Competition will take place at 6 p.m. EDT on April … Read More “Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition Set for April 24 in Washington”
