The true jazz experience happens onstage in front of an audience—our concert and festival reviewers take you there.
Three jam-packed, sold-out, and high-spirited days of great music marked the 36th Red Sea Jazz Festival, which returned to its home in the Israeli port … Read More “High Spirits at the 2022 Red Sea Jazz Festival”
It was the warmest October on record in Seattle. Usually, when the Earshot Jazz Festival comes to town, it provides an escape from the autumn … Read More “The Earshot Jazz Festival Owns Seattle’s Early Autumn”
It was bracing to stroll into a brand-new creation for a story about destruction. Sixty years after its opening and 45 years after its last … Read More “Etienne Charles’ San Juan Hill Reopens New York’s David Geffen Hall”
“You better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone,” Bob Dylan stated profoundly in 1963. Throughout its unrivaled 65-year history, the Monterey Jazz Festival … Read More “Generations Merge at the 65th Monterey Jazz Festival”
For years, the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival (PIJF) took place on the street. Over one weekend in June, Downtown thoroughfares Penn Avenue or Liberty Avenue … Read More “12th Annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival”
The mood was understandably festive as John Fedchock’s New York Big Band took to the stage at Birdland on Sunday, September 18. Not only was … Read More “John Fedchock Marks Milestones with His New York Big Band”
Considering the lineup—stacked with talent—and the musician to whom they were paying their respects—a cult figure, rightly or wrongly—the New York City live tribute to … Read More “Jazz Trailblazers Pay Tribute to Tomasz Stańko at Brooklyn’s Roulette”
Like many things in Northern California’s Silicon Valley—headquarters for Apple, Facebook, Google, and Adobe—the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest has humble, community-focused origins. It began … Read More “2022 San Jose Jazz Summer Fest”
The 2022 Newport Jazz Festival’s three days of sunshine were bracketed, more or less, by a pair of all-star ensemble jams that included Christian McBride. … Read More “Newport Jazz Festival 2022”
In its first full edition since the onset of the pandemic, and with a new director of programming, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal … Read More “Les Bons Temps Are Back at the Montreal Jazz Festival”
