As jazz festival organizers around the world canceled their 2020 offerings or turned to the internet in the wake of the coronavirus, one major U.S. … Read More “Detroit Jazz Festival Bites Bullet, Moves Online”
As we pass into the fourth month of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the central challenge for the jazz community has become how … Read More “Keystone Korner Baltimore Reopens—and Not Just Virtually”
Celebrated jazz pianist Brad Mehldau dropped a surprise solo album, Suite: April 2020, on Nonesuch Records today (June 12). The unaccompanied piano recording is available … Read More “Surprise: Brad Mehldau Has a New Album Out”
At least five jazz festivals—two in the U.S. and three in Europe—have decided to brave the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and go forward with their events … Read More “Some 2020 Jazz Festivals Are Carrying On”
The Village Vanguard, New York’s legendary jazz club, closed its doors indefinitely in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, three short weeks after its 85th … Read More “Live (Streaming) at the Village Vanguard”
On Thursday, June 4 and Friday, June 5, Ropeadope Records and its sister media company 21Soul will present the Ropeadope Music and Arts Festival, a … Read More “Ropeadope Records Launches Music and Arts Festival Online”
Today (May 29), singer/bassist/composer Esperanza Spalding and pianist/composer Fred Hersch have released a five-song EP, Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersch: Live at the Village Vanguard … Read More “Esperanza Spalding and Fred Hersch Release Limited-Edition Benefit EP”
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage and the world grapples with the prospect of reopening, musicians from around the globe will come together—virtually, from … Read More “Global Stay Well Concert Set for May 21”
Michael Murphy’s jazz-accented documentary Up from the Streets – New Orleans: The City of Music was supposed to be released the old-fashioned way this spring—in … Read More “New Orleans Music Documentary’s Virtual Release Has Local Angle”
By now it’s no secret: Our current reality—global pandemic, lockdown, social distancing—has left many members of the jazz community in critical condition, not from a … Read More “Jazz Coalition Launched to Support Musicians During Lockdown”
