One of Miles Davis’s final concerts released for the first time
Miles Davis performed at the Jazz à Vienne Festival in France in July of 1991, just a few months before he died. That...
Cécile McLorin Salvant raises money for public health in Haiti
Cécile McLorin Salvant has partnered with the Haitian Global Health Alliance for an intimate performance to raise money for public health in Haiti....
Documentary offers ‘rare, intimate’ portrait of Charles Lloyd’s artistry
A new documentary presented by the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin offers “rare and intimate insights” into the artistry of jazz musician...
Gregory Porter hosts YouTube cooking show
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter is launching a new cooking show on YouTube called The PorterHouse. In the weekly series, Porter dons a...
Terri Lyne Carrington named JJA Jazz Awards’ musician of the year
Ron Carter, Emmet Cohen, Terri Lyne Carrington and Maria Schneider claimed some of the top honours of this year’s JJA Jazz Awards. The winners...
What Melody Gardot learned from making Sunset in the Blue: ‘Our options are limitless now’
Singer, songwriter and interpreter Melody Gardot has been making major waves and garnering an ever-growing fanbase since she released her first album...
Joel Visentin and Curtis Nowosad team up as Jester Champwick
Winnipeg-raised keyboardist and composer Joel Visentin has been a staple of the Toronto music scene for many years. Having led the soul-jazz...
Lucy Wijnands wins Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition
Lucy Wijnands is this year’s winner of the Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition, the Blues Alley Jazz Society announced on Friday. The...
Cha Wa exude the energy of New Orleans street culture
Crossing a New Orleans brass band with a Mardi Gras Indian outfit, Cha Wa exude the energy of the city’s street culture....
John Pizzarelli talks new album Better Days Ahead, inspired by Pat Metheny
John Pizzarelli has just released a new album called Better Days Ahead, a solo guitar recording that strips down the music of Pat Metheny....
Martin Scorsese to produce George Gershwin-inspired musical drama
George Gershwin, the renowned composer of jazz and popular music in the 1920s and ’30s, will be the inspiration for a new...
Jon Batiste wins Academy Award for Soul
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Oscar for best original score for their work on the hit Pixar film Soul....
Jazz historian Ricky Riccardi documents the rich legacy of Louis Armstrong
When Ricky Riccardi was growing up in Toms River, N.J., in the 1990s, most kids his age were digging George Michael or...
Live albums by Nina Simone and Etta James at Montreux Jazz Festival to be released
Two new live albums by Nina Simone and Etta James are being released by the Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG. The newly...
Caity Gyorgy talks musical beginnings and latest record Now Pronouncing
Caity Gyorgy has been making waves in the jazz world over the last few years. Currently splitting her time between Toronto and Montreal,...
Vocalist Sheri Weldon shows her love of bebop with Shorty & The Giants
Vocalist, pianist and arranger Sheri Weldon began her musical journey by listening to Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and the music of the...
JJA Jazz Awards announce 2021 nominees
The JJA Jazz Awards have announced this year’s nominees, with Terri Lyne Carrington, Maria Schneider, Charles Lloyd and William Parker named as finalists...
Record Store Day 2021: A list of jazz records for vinyl collectors
The 14th edition of Record Store Day will take place in two different “drops” in June and July, featuring more than 400...
Apple picks up new Louis Armstrong documentary
Apple Original Films has given the green light to a new feature-length documentary on Louis Armstrong being produced by Brian Grazer and Ron...
Brad Mehldau teams with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on new album
Brad Mehldau’s latest album is called Variations on a Melancholy Theme and features the pianist and composer performing with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Combining...
George Porter Jr. talks new Runnin’ Pardners album Crying for Hope
An esteemed member of New Orleans’s musical royalty, George Porter Jr. founded The Meters in 1965 alongside Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli and...
Hear a new Peggy Lee compilation of previously unreleased recordings
A new Peggy Lee compilation features dozens of never-before-released performances by the famed singer in the early 1950s. The two-CD, 40-song set is...
Toronto’s Kalya Ramu and Ewen Farncombe release new duo recording
Toronto-based vocalist Kalya Ramu and pianist Ewen Farncombe have just released a five-song EP called Duo, featuring all original songs by the rising jazz...