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Chris Dave / Pino Palladino / Isaiah Sharkey Trio At The Blue Note Jazz Club
by Chris DeRosa
Chris Dave / Pino Palladino / Isaiah Sharkey Trio Blue Note Jazz ClubNew York, NY February 2, 2026 (11pm Set) Hello, my name is Chris DeRosa, and this is what I heard... Tonight's show took place at the legendary New York City venue, the Blue Note Jazz Club. This ...
...and in three months' time, Cecil Taylor freed jazz
by Daniel Mège
In the 1950s, while jazz explored its coolness far out west, Cecil Taylor, freshly back from Boston, took up the Thelonious Monkian revolution in New York City. Three years younger (1929) than John Coltrane and Miles Davis, he launched two kids, Archie Vernon Shepp (1936) and Steven Norman Lackritz (1934)--better known as Steve Lacy--whom he drew from dixieland. ...
John McNeil Memorial Concert On Monday, February 23 Honors The Longtime New England Conservatory Faculty Member With Performances By Faculty, Students, And Alumni
The John McNeil Memorial Concert features NEC faculty, students, and alumni in performances honoring the longtime NEC faculty member, who passed away in 2024. Faculty and alumni performers include saxophonist Allan Chase, pianist Frank Carlberg, saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, pianist Randy Ingram, pianist Ethan Iverson, trumpeter Jason Palmer, pianist Mark Shilansky, vocalist Allegra Levy, saxophonist Noah Preminger, ...
Jazz is Alive and Well at the Exit Zero Jazz Festival in Cape May, NJ
by Mark Robbins
The biannual fall edition of the Exit Zero Jazz Festival transforms Cape May, New Jersey, into an intimate jazz haven with a distinct New Orleans influence, complete with a traditional second line procession. The festival's name references its location at Exit 0--the final exit at the southern end of the Garden State Parkway. The ...
Ignition of the Ages: Sonny Sharrock’s Seismic Siege of the Detroit State Theatre
by Dave Kaufman
Sonny Sharrock was a singular force in music, a brilliant and volcanic guitarist who bridged the jagged divide between the visceral power of Jimi Hendrix and the spiritual depth of John Coltrane. In 1991, he released his masterpiece, “Ask the Ages," a record that remains a high-water mark of modern jazz. Tragically, it would serve as ...
Daggerboard Showcases A Pair Of Iconic Musical Associates On 'The Skipper And Mike Clark,' Set For Release March 6 On Wide Hive
Daggerboard—the collaborative effort of trumpeter/composer Erik Jekabson and multi-instrumentalist/composer Gregory Howe—retrains its spotlight on the rhythm section with The Skipper and Mike Clark, dropping March 6 on Howe’s own Wide Hive Records. The titular characters are bassist Henry “Skipper” Franklin and drummer Mike Clark: two of the living legends of jazz, whose alchemy when brought together ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis at Hancher Auditorium
by Joshua Weiner
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Hancher Auditorium Iowa City, IA January 29, 2026 Wynton Marsalis, the great trumpeter, composer and educator, founded New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) in 1987 and has served as its artistic director ever since. JALC, home to the Jazz at Lincoln ...
Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble at the Newman Center
by Geoff Anderson
Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble Newman Center Denver, CO January 29, 2026 What to make of Don Was? He was co-leader of the band Was (Not Was), a band known for Frank Zappa-esque irreverent, off-beat humor that drew musical inspiration from rock, funk, soul, r&b, dance music, jazz, pop, world ...
Freshly Awarded 3x Grammy Winner Sullivan Fortner Bookends The 2026 Gilmore International Piano Festival, April 30-may 10
Acclaimed pianist-composer Sullivan Fortner, winner of the 2026 Gilmore Bell Jazz Artist Award, has won the GRAMMY Award for ‘Best Jazz Instrumental Album’ for Southern Nights at the 68th GRAMMY Awards on February 1, 2026. Released on February 14, 2025, via Artwork Records, Southern Nights showcases Fortner’s artistry at its peak, in the company of the ...
The Birdland Big Band at Birdland Jazz Club
by Dan Bilawsky
Happy hour on Friday is for unwinding, leaving the work week's burdens behind and--if you're lucky, and in the New York City area--catching The Birdland Big Band. That ensemble has long been holding court at its namesake club in a liminal space between afternoon and evening, filling the gap between life's structured nine-to-five commitments and the ...
