“Most saxophones are out of Coltrane. Joe knows Coltrane too, but his roots are older than that. He can swing. He can play ballads. He can burn. I love Joe’s playing.” –John Scofield “We have a ball together. We’ve known each other since the early ’70s. Through the years of watching each other and hearing […]
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Jazz music and its stories can now appear in any venue. You might find a concert in a museum, park, subway station, or at your local junior high school. That said, finding the music in the cafes and restaurants of San Francisco is problematic. One the one hand, jazz has never been more visible and […]
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There are many jazz festivals each year, and some of the best take place in the US Northeast and Canada. Here are some highlights from 2015. The 2015 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal The 36th Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presented an amazing array of musicians, in over 150 indoor concerts and 350 […]
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Looking back on 2015, it was truly a good year for the Twin Cities jazz scene, from the overflowing crowd that paid tribute to the late Leigh Kamman back in January to the record-setting Twin Cities Jazz Festival in late June to new venues and new series of jazz and improvised music throughout the Metro. […]
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Although Jazz has been rarely high profile among Grammy nominations, awards or the televised awards program (save Esperanza Spalding’s surprise win as Best New Artist in 2011), there are a number of jazz and jazz-related categories, and again, the 2016 nominations reflect a broad cross-section of jazz artists appearing in both jazz and not-really-jazz categories. […]
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