JazzTimes Announces Top Track Winners
JazzTimes is thrilled to announce the winners of its inaugural Top Track contest from 2022. Our panel of critics worked through many tracks and narrowed … Read More “JazzTimes Announces Top Track Winners”
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Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition Open for Applications
The 6th Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition is currently open for applications. Sponsored by the Blues Alley Jazz Society, the competition’s contestants will vie to … Read More “Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition Open for Applications”
Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Announces 2022 Winners
Lucía Gutiérrez Rebolloso, a 21-year-old vocalist born and raised in Veracruz, Mexico, took first place in the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, which was held yesterday … Read More “Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Announces 2022 Winners”
Previously Unreleased 1973 Donald Byrd Recording Coming in December
On December 9—which would have been the late trumpeter Donald Byrd’s 90th birthday—Blue Note Records will release Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux, a … Read More “Previously Unreleased 1973 Donald Byrd Recording Coming in December”
Nominations Announced for 2023 Grammy Awards
The 2023 Grammy Awards nominations, announced November 15, include 26 nominations of artists and/or recordings across five jazz categories. But jazz or jazz-adjacent performers also … Read More “Nominations Announced for 2023 Grammy Awards”
One Good Turn Gets a 20th-Anniversary Reissue
One Good Turn, producer and Chiaroscuro Records owner Hank O’Neal’s 2002 compilation album supporting the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA)’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund, is being … Read More “One Good Turn Gets a 20th-Anniversary Reissue”
JazzTimes Contributors Are Honored at Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards
Today (Oct. 27) the ASCAP Foundation announced the winners of its 53rd annual Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards, which recognize outstanding print, broadcast, and online coverage … Read More “JazzTimes Contributors Are Honored at Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards”
Washington Club Blues Alley Damaged in Fire
UPDATE 10/31: Blues Alley announced today that it will be reopening tomorrow (Tuesday), Nov. 1. “The bones of our building are not broken but our walls … Read More “Washington Club Blues Alley Damaged in Fire”
Jazz Music Awards Announce Winners at Historic Ceremony
Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Samara Joy, and Ragan Whiteside were among the winners of the first annual Jazz Music Awards, presented October 22 at … Read More “Jazz Music Awards Announce Winners at Historic Ceremony”
Hargrove Comes Home—on Roy’s Birthday
“He’s here, don’t miss him,” director Eliane Henri says at one point in her new cinema-verité documentary Hargrove, which follows legendary trumpeter Roy Hargrove through … Read More “Hargrove Comes Home—on Roy’s Birthday”