“He’s at the highest level of our music—you can’t get any higher than him,” says Wynton Marsalis when speaking of the legendary saxophonist, composer, and bandleader...
The Jazz Journalists Association announced the winners of the 2019 JJA awards yesterday. The Association initiated its awards honouring excellence in jazz music, recordings,...
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...
Last week was a big week for Wayne Shorter, he celebrated his 85 birthday and on Friday Blue Note Records officially released his latest project Emanon. The release marks his...
At the age of 71 you would expect to be reflecting on a long career while sipping a Pina Colada on a beach in the Caribbean. Often not the case with musicians and definitely not...
Blue Note Records have announced the introduction of a new vinyl subscription series titled Blue Note Review. Blue Note president Don Was stated “The digital transformation of...
Jazz and high fashion are not the most likely bed partners however GQ Magazine recently published an expose with jazz greats including Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter...
Gent Jazz Festival 2017 held over seven music filled days between 6th and 16th of July. I was one of the 34, 000 people who came to the festival. I was able to spend six days at...
In 2011 and 2012 the Wayne Shorter Quartet made multiple trips to Europe performing at selected venues and festivals. This concert was recorded on November 3rd 2012 at La Salle...
Singer Norah Jones is one of the crowd pullers at Gent Jazz Festival 2017. The festival in the Belgian town will be held from 6 to July 15th. The festival was first held in 2002....