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 … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Belgrade Jazz Festival (VIDEO)”
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 … Read More “Live Review: 46th Umbria Jazz Festival”
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 … Read More “2018 Newport Jazz Festival: Special Recap”
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, … Read More “Live Review: 2018 Playboy Jazz Festival”
At an event before the 49th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, producer Quint Davis announced that Jazz Fest would not be focusing on a … Read More “New Orleans Celebrates Itself at Jazz Fest”
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 … Read More “Charles Lloyd New Quartet: Passin’ Thru (Blue Note)”
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 … Read More “Jazz at the 2017 Spoleto Festival USA”
In 2015, after 25 years with ECM, where he created one of the lasting bodies of work in modern jazz, Charles Lloyd moved to Blue … Read More “Charles Lloyd & the Marvels: I Long to See You”
Josef Woodard’s Charles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth is an unauthorized biography. But it’s hard to imagine any authorized volume providing richer perspectives on one … Read More “Charles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth by Josef Woodard”
On the cusp of his 77th birthday, saxophonist Charles Lloyd is of an age and stature where people seek to fete and frame the spellbinding … Read More “Charles Lloyd: Wild Man Dance”
