The Library of Congress in Washington, DC announced the details of its 2017-2018 concert season which includes a bevy of premieres and special performances of which a handful are focused on jazz.  Included in that jazz programming is a new commission for violin and piano by Esperanza Spalding, though perhaps the end result musically may…Read More

The John Coltrane Memorial Concert (JCMC) calls itself “the world’s oldest annual performance tribute to the musical and spiritual legacy of the great master.” The event, co-founded and organized by musician and educator Leonard Brown, will take place over seven days in October at various venues around the Boston area. The event culminates with a…Read More

The Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) announced its schedule of shows and events for Sept. 8-14 in New York City.  Dave Douglas founded FONT 15 years ago when he was given a month of shows to curate at Tonic and Roy Campbell, Jr. suggested that he focus on trumpet players.  The festival has grown…Read More

ELLNORA, a guitar festival taking place at Krannert Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, announced its 2017 schedule of performances and events during Sept. 14-16, 2017.  The three-day event showcases guitarists from all over the world in a variety of genres, including jazz, folk, blues, rock and world music. Among the 14 ticketed…Read More

Chamber Music America (CMA) announced its annual grant recipients in four programs: New Jazz Works and Presenter Consortium for Jazz, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Classical Commissioning, supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and the Residency Partnership Program, funded by Chamber Music America’s Residency Endowment Fund. The total amount of the grants is $951,545, with…Read More

There’s a very old joke.  A lost tourist in Manhattan asks a passerby, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”  The grizzled New Yorker says, barely stopping, “Practice, practice, practice.”  No one could accuse the performers for the coming jazz, pop and world music series at Carnegie Hall of skipping on rehearsals. The storied venue…Read More

Chuck Loeb, a versatile guitarist, composer and producer best known for his associations with Stan Getz and Steps Ahead, and a musician whose compositions have been recorded by a variety of smooth-jazz and pop acts, died at 9 p.m. on July 31, according to his family. Loeb was 61. He had suffered with cancer for…Read More

On July 14, jazz-fusion guitarist and composer John McLaughlin was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree by Berklee College of Music at the Valencia, Spain campus during its graduate program commencement ceremony and concert at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia. He also performed as a special guest. McLaughlin joins other recipients who have been honored…Read More

On Sept. 12, Berklee College of Music will honor Fred Taylor, founder of Paul’s Mall and the Jazz Workshop, longtime artistic director of Boston’s Scullers Jazz Club and an integral part of Boston’s jazz scene, with a tribute concert consisting of both live performances and video recorded specially for the event. The concert is part of saxophonist and…Read More