Eighty years ago on January 6, 1939, a passionate Jazz fan named Alfred Lion produced a recording session in New York City with two Boogie Woogie pianists, founding what would...
In February Guitarist Bill Frisell will play a short 5 date tour of Europe with longtime comrades Tony Scherr (Bass) and Kenny Wollesen (Drums). The tour kicks off in the...
Sundays lunchtime gigs at Ronnie Scott’s can take different mutations. The most recent one courtesy of Blakey’s Boys was a fantastic rendition of hard bop, a great line-up and...
Last night the 61st Grammy awards were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In the category “Jazz” the big winner was John Daversa taking the award for both Best...
Grammy® winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling brings his world premiere performance of The Big Blind, a radio-style musical drama to Rose Theater on March 1st and 2nd. Co-written by...
How Did They Do That? The Extraordinary Story of Tomorrow’s Warriors, by Peter Jones The UK is currently enjoying one of its periodic love affairs with jazz. Even the mainstream...
Born in Montreal, Canada in 1945 to parents from the West Indies, Oscar Peterson became one of the most renowned pianists in jazz history. On February 22-23 in The Appel Room at...
It came as a huge shock to the world of jazz when the news broke of the passing of trumpeter Roy Hargrove last November. I recall the day after Roy died speaking with Reggie...
Last Friday, Resonance Records released the deluxe 3CD and digital edition of Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions – the first official...
The World Wide Competition Jazz World Photo 2019, 6th edition, is open to submissions until the 31 st of January 2019. The competition welcomes both professionals and amateurs...
In the spring of 2016, Zev Feldman (producer and co-president of Resonance Records) met up with Canadian jazz impresario and saxophonist Cory Weeds for a series of shows at...