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Newport Jazz 2021: Day 3

Traditionalists would probably have considered the third and final day of Newport Jazz 2021 its “jazziest”—more swinging, more traditional instruments, fewer straight-four beats, less stylistic … Read More “Newport Jazz 2021: Day 3”

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: Tone Poem (Blue Note)

Tone Poem is where composers and forms coalesce and commingle. The latest offering from the 83-year-old saxophone great mixes originals with tunes by Ornette Coleman, … Read More “Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: Tone Poem (Blue Note)”

Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (Blue Note)

This set was recorded at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California on March 15, 2018, in celebration of the saxophonist/flutist’s 80th birthday. Lloyd’s band … Read More “Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) (Blue Note)”

Live Review: 2019 Belgrade Jazz Festival (VIDEO)

When you think of the great autumn jazz festivals of Europe, cities like London, Berlin, and perhaps Milan come to mind. You don’t necessarily think of Belgrade, Serbia. Many jazz people are probably surprised to learn that Belgrade has a festival. In the 1990s, Serbia and the Balkans dominated the cable news channels during the … Read More

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Live Review: 46th Umbria Jazz Festival

When you have made many trips to Perugia, Italy for the Umbria Jazz Festival, you never get a sense of which years are bigger than others. They are all crazy (“pazzo,” in Italian). The main drag of the hill town, Corso Vannucci, is all but impassable every night because of the crush of revelers. The … Read More

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2018 Newport Jazz Festival: Special Recap

In between bouts of torrential rain and sticky heat, hundreds of musicians played for tens of thousands of listeners over the course of three days (Aug. 3-5) at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I. Writers and photographers for JazzTimes were there for the entirety of the festival; Jim Macnie shared his top 10 … Read More

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Live Review: 2018 Playboy Jazz Festival

The Playboy Jazz Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Hollywood Bowl this year, and since its inauguration, much has changed. The lineup in 1979, as listed in the Los Angeles Times on June 2 of that year, included Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Harold Land, and a special tribute to Charles Mingus … Read More

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New Orleans Celebrates Itself at Jazz Fest

At an event before the 49th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, producer Quint Davis announced that Jazz Fest would not be focusing on a particular country as part of its booking theme this year. In honor of the city’s tricentennial, he said, “New Orleans is the country we’re celebrating.” Given the obsessively self-referential culture … Read More

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Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Passin’ Thru (Blue Note)

Passin’ Thru marks a decade for saxophonist/flutist Charles Lloyd’s “New Quartet” featuring pianist Jason Moran, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland. (The name differentiates this unit from his 1960s quartet with Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee and Jack DeJohnette.) Not surprisingly, it finds them even tighter and more inventive than on their 2007 debut, when … Read More

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Jazz at the 2017 Spoleto Festival USA

Dee Dee Bridgewater didn’t exactly say that a diva can sing any damn thing she pleases. But she came close. Kicking off the Wells Fargo Jazz concerts at this year’s Spoleto Festival USA, Bridgewater told the crowd at Cistern Yard that it was tough luck if we didn’t get the memo: now that she has … Read More

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Sep 8 - Dec 8

From 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Louis Armstrong Legacy Monthly Jazz Jam
Flushing, New York
Oct 23

From 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT

LIVE AT THE CMH: Groovin’ High – A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie featuring Jon Faddis
Charleston, SC
Oct 23

From 7:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT

Dayramir González & Habana enTRANCé Cuban Jazz
Flushing, NY