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Nicole Zuraitis Quartet in Vilnius: Precision Without Excess

by Ieva Pakalniškytė
April 30, 2026

Nicole Zuraitis Quartet LVSO Concert Hall Vilnius, Lithuania April 18, 2026 Vilnius has a unique way of welcoming artists who are connected to its culture. When Nicole Zuraitis, a two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, pianist, composer, and producer with Lithuanian roots, took the stage at the sold-out LVSO Concert Hall, that connection ...

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Coltrane 100 at Freight and Salvage

by Roy Strassman
April 30, 2026

Coltrane 100 Freight and Salvage Berkeley, CA April 15, 2026 Chatting with Joe Lovano after the evening's proceedings, I remarked, “How amazing it must be to have a group of all top notch New York bandleaders," to which he replied, “Combining bandleader personnel does not always produce what you might expect!" ...

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Coltrane 100 at The Freight

by Harry S. Pariser
April 29, 2026

Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once The Freight Berkeley, CA April 15, 2026 On September 23, 1926, in Hamlet, North Carolina, a child was born. He would have--by the time of his untimely demise at the age of 40--an immense influence on the structure, performance of, and future of the music ...

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Billy Mohler Trio al Torrione di Ferrara

by Libero Farnè
April 27, 2026

Billy Mohler Trio Torrione Jazz Club Ferrara 24 aprile 2026 Il contrabbassista, compositore e leader statunitense Billy Mohler, all'interno del tour europeo del suo quartetto si è esibito anche in alcune date italiane ma privo della presenza del validissimo trombettista Hermon Mehari, ad eccezione del concerto tenuto a Cremona. Nella nuova ...

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Diana Krall at The Music Center at Strathmore

by Mark Edelman
April 24, 2026

Diana Krall The Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda, MD March 26, 2026 Downsizing gets a bad name these days, but when Diana Krall reduced the big stage at the Strathmore Music Center in North Bethesda, MD., to the intimate scale of a smoky piano bar, nobody in the sold-out crowd ...

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Marilyn Crispell at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem

by Paul Reynolds
April 23, 2026

Marilyn Crispell The National Jazz Museum in Harlem New York, NY April 16, 2026 What a time this is for Marilyn Crispell. Now 79, the stalwart of avant-garde piano was honored as a 2025 National Endowment of Arts Jazz Master and received a Jazz Legacies Fellowship from the Jazz ...

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Denver Jazz Fest 2026

by Geoff Anderson
April 22, 2026

Denver Jazz Fest 2026 Denver and Boulder, CO April 7-12, 2026 It's easy to get used to the lifestyle: a concert every night, and three on Saturday: eight concerts in six days. Shouldn't life be like this all the time? Well, it was for almost a week in early April around Denver ...

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Vijay Iyer Quartet at Smoke

by Paul Reynolds
April 22, 2026

Vijay Iyer Quartet Smoke Jazz Club New York NY April 16, 2026 The career of pianist Vijay Iyer--in addition to stretching to chamber music, big-band compositions and projects with rappers--has included collaborations with those from other cultural traditions, notably musicians from his own South Asian heritage. The storied surname ...

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Ralph Alessi Quartet al Torrione di Ferrara

by Libero Farnè
April 21, 2026

Ralph Alessi Quartet Torrione Jazz Club Ferrara 18 aprile 2026 Il Torrione, riconosciuto ormai a livello internazionale come un jazz club di prim'ordine con la sua programmazione costantemente rivolta all'attualità, è sempre frequentato da uno zoccolo duro di adepti, da una “confraternita del jazz" avrebbe detto John Fante. Tra gli ...

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Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100 at Jazz Alley

by Paul Rauch
April 20, 2026

Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100Jazz Alley Seattle, WA April 16, 2026 Pianist Emmet Cohen was not on the top of any list predicting who might hit the road touring in celebration mode of the Miles Davis / John Coltrane 100 phenomenon over the course of 2026. He ...