The true jazz experience happens onstage in front of an audience—our concert and festival reviewers take you there.
After a pandemic-induced hiatus that canceled last year’s 17-day event, Spoleto Festival USA was back in Charleston, South Carolina, for 2021—but not all the way. … Read More “The Cookers at Spoleto Festival USA 2021”
For JazzTimes’ (and this writer’s) first time back to physical, face-front-to-the-stage live performance in more than a year, one thing was certain: It was spooky. … Read More “Review: Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet in Pennsylvania”
On January 10, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti, destroying much of its capital city, Port-au-Prince. Ten years later, with two … Read More “The Port-au-Prince Jazz Festival: A Triumph in Haiti”
There’s no way to cover Winter Jazzfest in its entirety—11 days of performances, talks, and other events at 21 venues in two New York City … Read More “Winter Jazzfest 2020 in 30 Snapshots”
The Polish city of Wrocław—population 640,000—doesn’t have a very robust jazz scene, but for 10 days this past November it was transformed into one of … Read More “Jazztopad Festival: From Poland, with Swing”
Orvieto, in the dead center of the Italian peninsula, is a perfect oval hill town right out of central casting, perched majestically 1,000 feet above … Read More “Live Review: Umbria Jazz Winter #27”
