Jazz at Lincoln Center and JazzTimes have announced the initial speakers and panels to be featured at the 2019 Jazz Congress, which will take place Jan. 7-8, 2019 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, in New York City. The two-day conference brings together members of the global jazz community to network, learn,…Read More

Ira Sabin, a jazz drummer, promoter, and record store owner who founded JazzTimes magazine, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, at an assisted living facility in Rockville, Md. He was 90 years old. His death was confirmed by his son, Glenn Sabin, who told The Washington Post that cancer had been the cause of his father’s death. Sabin was…Read More

BBE Music and 180 Proof Records have unearthed what are described in a press release as “long-lost intimate concert tapes” from Charles Mingus. The tracks will be released as Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46 Selden on Nov. 2. Says the announcement, “Transmitted live by producer and broadcaster Robert ‘Bud’ Spangler for WDET-FM radio, these rare recordings from…Read More

Randy Weston, an NEA Jazz Master pianist, composer, and bandleader who dedicated his career to exposing jazz music’s extensions of African lineage and tradition, passed away in his sleep on Saturday, Sept. 1, at his home in Brooklyn. He was 92 years old. His death was announced by his wife, Fatoumata Mbengue-Weston, and his longtime…Read More

The 27th Annual Jazz Loft Party, presented by the Jazz Foundation of America, will take place at Hudson Studios, 601 West 26th St. in New York City, on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7:00 p.m. Titled “A Night for the Soul,” the event will “honor the legendary Roberta Flack and pay tribute to blues and jazz…Read More

Katie Webster, an 18-year-old saxophonist from Seattle, has been named the 22nd recipient of the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship to Berklee College of Music. She will receive a four-year, full-tuition award presented in conjunction with the Monterey Jazz Festival. Webster is the first female recipient of the Lyons Award. She will begin her studies in Boston…Read More

Juilliard Jazz, under the leadership of Juilliard alumni Wynton Marsalis, director, and Aaron Flagg, chair and associate director, has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, Juilliard Jazz Ensembles, and the Juilliard Jazz Artist Diploma Ensemble. The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra will perform at Alice Tully Hall and Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, and…Read More

Tidal, the music streaming and entertainment platform, is collaborating with the New York City-based not-for-profit JazzReach on a 12-episode “Jazz Club” video podcast that launched today (Aug. 22). Hosted and produced by Hans Schuman, JazzReach’s executive and artistic director, the series, according to an announcement, “features in-depth conversations and live-performance segments to introduce viewers to…Read More

The Purchase College Conservatory of Music, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Jazz Studies program by presenting several concerts in Westchester County (north of New York City) and NYC itself, featuring students and faculty from the program. The performance-driven curriculum, according to a press…Read More

Long before she died on March 22 at the age of 87, Morgana King had known which credit would top her obituaries. It wasn’t her decades-long career as one of the most exotic, ethereal vocal stylists in jazz; nor was it her famous 1964 recording of “A Taste of Honey,” which has the lushness and…Read More