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Joshua Redman to open Oslo Jazz Festival

The 2017 edition of the Oslo Jazz festival take place on August 12th until the 19th. As usual, there will be something for every taste. The program offers a good variety of both...

Esperanza Spalding Appointed to Harvard’s Music Department Faculty

Earlier this week Harvard University’s music department announced that Esperanza Spalding will join the faculty of the Department of Music as Professor of the Practice, with...

Muse Records founder Joe Fields Dies at 88

Today the sad news arrived that Muse Records founder Joe Fields passed away age 88. Muse Records was founded in 1978 in New York and in the late 1970s, partnered with the Dutch...

Charles Lloyd New Quartet – Passin’ Thru

Saxophonist, flutist, composer, and jazz mystic Charles Lloyd releases his latest Blue Note offering, Passin’ Thru, a passionate live recording that marks the 10th anniversary...

Art Pepper West Coast Sessions Volumes 3.

Originally issued as High Jingo by Lee Konitz And His West Coast Friends in 1982, this material was recorded in February of that year at Sage & Sound Studio in Los Angeles...

Hudson | Hudson

Music giants Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski, and John Scofield, join forces in the electrifying new jazz-meets-rock supergroup, Hudson. Inspired by the beauty and...

Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio | Smokin’ in Seattle

Previously unreleased live sets featuring jazz guitar icon Wes Montgomery with piano legend Wynton Kelly?s Trio featuring bassist Ron McClure & drummer Jimmy Cobb Recorded at...

Made In New York Jazz Announces Competition Winners

Participants of the competition will Join Jazz Legends at Annual Gala in New York. Judges and committee members worked hard through the holiday season and new year to determine...

Star Names For Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2017

“One of the UK’s classiest and most eclectic jazz festivals” The Guardian “The long running Cheltenham Jazz Festival has always fluidly negotiated the terrain...

North Sea jazz 2017 | Top Global Artist Confirmed

“This is one of the greatest events in music…in the world” George Benson  Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock, Jamiroquai, George Benson, Norah Jones, Laura Mvula and many...

Esteban Alvarez | ‘Tico Groove’

World-class Steinway pianist Esteban Alvarez has written music for a variety of ensembles, orchestras, and chamber groups in his time– from the Latin Jazz Ensemble, the Caribe...