Trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti has been named the winner of the Swiss Jazz Award for 2018, in recognition of his life in music. The 76-year-old trumpet and flugelhorn player has been a mainstay on the European jazz scene since he first started performing professionally at clubs in Italy and Switzerland when he was 20 years old. A…Read More
The Jazz Bridge organization, which supports Philadelphia-based jazz and blues musicians in need, celebrates its 14th anniversary with a gala on June 3 at the Independent Seaport Museum Ballroom and Terrace in Philadelphia. The event’s honorary chairman is the former mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, and its honorary musician advocate is singer Michelle Lordi. Trumpeter…Read More
Bob Dorough, a bebop pianist, composer, arranger and vocalist who was one of the voices of the iconic 1970s educational cartoon Schoolhouse Rock!, died Monday of natural causes in Mt. Bethel, Pa. He was 94. His death was confirmed by the Associated Press. Best known for the gentle but distinctive Southern lilt behind Schoolhouse Rock!…Read More
If you’re a vinylholic or CD-o-phile, you know the drill by now: This Saturday, April 21, more than a thousand independently owned record stores in the United States and internationally—yes, there are still that many—will have their day. Hundred of limited-edition titles in dozens of genres are made available annually in late April to collectors…Read More
NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis, in partnership with the Nu Jazz Agency and Marshall University, is looking for pianists to take part in the inaugural run of a contest bearing his name. The Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition will be held June 22-23 on Marshall University’s campus in Huntington, W.Va., in tandem with the…Read More
Nina Simone’s music long resisted any sort of categorization—she’s claimed in equal measure by jazz, R&B and even folk devotees. Nevertheless, the nominating committee and voters at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year deemed her a worthy addition to their fellowship. Simone was one of six artists inducted on Saturday at Cleveland’s…Read More
More than 30 performances will take place on four stages in downtown Detroit during the 39th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, which is scheduled to run from Friday, Aug. 31 through Monday, Sept. 3. This year, the festival’s artist-in-residence will be Chick Corea, who will perform with his Akoustic Band, Elektric Band and in a sextet…Read More
Subscribe today to JazzTimes magazine! There’s a new course on jazz and hip-hop coming to New York University this fall, and it’ll be taught by no less an authority than Jonathan Davis, a.k.a. Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, a.k.a. Q-Tip. This is the first foray into teaching for the rapper, producer, DJ, prime mover behind legendary hip-hop…Read More
Sign up for our weekly newsletter, full of reviews, profiles and more! Nathan Davis, a tenor and soprano saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist who built a reputation as a jazz musician in 1960s Europe before returning to the U.S. to establish the jazz-studies program at the University of Pittsburgh, died early Monday morning at a hospital…Read More
Are you a musician or jazz enthusiast? Sign up for our weekly newsletter, full of reviews, profiles and more! UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock and Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO, have announced the program for International Jazz Day 2018, whose Global Host City is Saint Petersburg, Russia. More than 190 nations will host IJD events…Read More
