Jazz Returns to the Hollywood Bowl
Among the many physical, spiritual, and institutional losses related to the still-ongoing pandemic is that of Los Angeles’ renowned Playboy Jazz Festival (PJF) at the … Read More “Jazz Returns […]
Month: June 2022
July 4: 4th week at No. 1 for Joey Alexander
At No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart for a fourth straight week is Joey Alexander Origin (Mack Avenue). Most added (+19) is Todd Marcus In The Valley (Stricker Street). […]
Chronology: Grant Green, Larry Young, and Elvin Jones Move Organ Jazz Forward
Organ trios and quartets were ubiquitous by the mid-1960s. In African American neighborhood bars and clubs up and down the East Coast, throughout the Rust … Read More “Chronology: Grant […]
Brendan Rothwell Album ‘Destiny’ Out July 1
Brendan Rothwell is an accomplished Anglo-Canadian bassist, composer and producer. With extensive global radio play and a multi-million stream count across the primary digital music platforms, his music continues to […]
At the Jazz Foundation Gala, Needs Met and Unmet
“When’s the next gig?” So spoke the trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and Strata-East Records founder Charles Tolliver after receiving the Jazz Foundation of America’s Lifetime Achievement … Read More “At the […]
Kevin Eubanks’ Remarkable Life Journey
When you’re on TV, everybody knows you, or at least thinks they know you. Take Kevin Eubanks, who was on NBC’s Tonight Show five nights … Read More “Kevin Eubanks’ […]
‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook’ Album Out Now
On August 16, 1958, just a few months after Ella Fitzgeraldrecorded her now-classic album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook, The First Lady Of Song performed selections from that album live at […]
Caili O’Doherty: Quarantine Dream (Posi-Tone)
Dreams—some born of illness and isolation, others bound to artistic aspirations and hope for the future—cohere to form a reality for Caili O’Doherty. Leading a … Read More “Caili O’Doherty: […]
Mark Etheredge Announces Album ‘Love Planet’ For August 12
That pianist Mark Etheredge appears smiling on the cover of his new contemporary jazz album, “Love Planet,” offering roses – his songs – to the world is a triumphant story of resilience. […]
Herbie Hancock: ‘Miles Davis told me: I don’t pay you to get applause’
At 82, the jazz legend will this weekend be one of the oldest performers ever to grace Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage. He recalls his career highs, from making his hip-hop classic […]