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WBGO: Smoke Jazz Club reopens after its pandemic pause, bigger and better
July 7, 2022The last time musicians played for an audience inside Smoke Jazz Club, on Broadway at 106th Street, it was mid-March of 2020. Kevin Hays was on piano, Ron Carter was on bass, and Al Foster was on drums. “At the ...
Review: Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
June 10, 2022The Wrap’s Steve Pond reviews Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern’s film documenting New Orleans’ legendary annual festival throughout the years. Read The Review
NPR: 85-year-old bassist Ron Carter has no plans on slowing down
May 5, 2022Ron Carter is one of the most prolific and influential bassists in jazz history. During his six-decade career, he has recorded more than 2,000 records, and he has no plan on slowing down. More Here
Greats the Jazz Community lost in 2021
December 23, 2021We want to celebrate the notable and some less notable heroes and sheroes of the jazz community on and off the stage. Thank you all for your contributions to our world. Read More
NPR: Jazz And Folk Music Champion George Wein Dies At 95
September 23, 2021George Wein, one of America’s most storied and influential live-music impresarios, died at 95. Read More
Coltrane’s Dix Hills, NY home gets $50G grant
September 7, 2021The John and Alice Coltrane Home in Dix Hills is getting a little help from an old friend. The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant through an affiliate of the National Trust for ...
John Pizzarelli’s new album sustains his legendary father’s legacy and pays homage to Pat Metheny
August 17, 2021In the early days of the pandemic, COVID-19 took John Pizzarelli’s father, legendary seven-string jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. One week later, his mother, Ruth Pizzarelli, followed her husband of 66 years. John ...
NPR: Jazz Singer Nnenna Freelon Works Through Grief With New Album And Podcast
June 15, 2021Nnenna and Phil Freelon were a power couple: He was the lead architect for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History & Culture, and she was a Grammy-nominated jazz singer, ...
Esperanza Spalding Meets Funding Goal to Build Artist Sanctuary
June 12, 2021Award-winning bassist and educator Esperanza Spalding recently launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to raise monies needed to buy land for the building of a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) ...
Chick Corea, Grammy-Winning Jazz Pianist Dies at 79
February 11, 2021The keyboardist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea — one of the most revered figures in contemporary jazz, but an artist whose work spanned fusion to classical — died on Feb. 9 at age 79. Dan Muse from Chick Corea ...
