Top photographers capture memorable moments in festivals, concerts, and other major jazz events.
Bebop pioneer Charlie “Bird” Parker is often credited for bringing jazz into the modern era. And for the past 27 years the festival named in his … Read More “Photos: Scene at the 27th Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival”
The Montclair Jazz Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary recently, coming to a close on August 10 with performances from Bettye LaVette, Joey DeFrancesco, Mark Whitfield, Christian … Read More “Photos: Backstage at New Jersey’s Montclair Jazz Festival”
For three warm and sunny days in and around Fort Adams in Newport, R.I., the 65th annual Newport Jazz Festival presented a wide array of … Read More “Photos: 2019 Newport Jazz Festival, Day 1”
Highlights of the third and final music-packed day at Newport included the high-powered and hilarious Sammy Miller & the Congregation; a three-piano tribute to Erroll … Read More “Photos: 2019 Newport Jazz Festival, Day 3”
Among those on the bill for the busiest day at the 65th Newport Jazz Festival: the Royal Bopsters with special guest Sheila Jordan; Ralph Peterson … Read More “Photos: 2019 Newport Jazz Festival, Day 2”
When Alain Simard and André Ménard founded the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1979, it consisted of two concerts at one theater. Forty years later, … Read More “Photos: 2019 Montreal International Jazz Festival”
Drummer Andrew Cyrille reveled in a collaboration with German reedman Peter Brötzmann during the concluding set of a marathon four-hour, mostly improvisational concert for the … Read More “Photos: The 24th Vision Festival in Brooklyn”
A Thursday monsoon made an inauspicious start for the 50th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. But spirits weren’t dampened long, and the bands played … Read More “Photos: 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Weekend 1”
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 … Read More “Photos: Princeton University Jazz Festival”
In our March tributes issue, JazzTimes honored not only the many individuals we lost in 2018 but also a place that has now become part … Read More “Ryles in Memoriam”
