Toronto jazz singer Caity Gyorgy shares new single Postage Due
The young Toronto-based jazz vocalist Caity Gyorgy has shared a new song called Postage Due, after offering a fun way to engage with fans...
International Jazz Day announces schedule for 2020 online celebration
Herbie Hancock will host this year’s “virtual” celebration of International Jazz Day, with many of the biggest names in jazz coming together...
Kermit Ruffins on life in New Orleans: ‘I can’t imagine living anywhere else’
Whether he’s barbecuing outside his bar, sitting in with Jon Batiste and Stay Human on The Late Show, performing in films and TV...
TD Toronto Jazz Festival working to reschedule concerts
The TD Toronto Jazz Festival is in the midst of rescheduling some of the concerts it had planned for its 2020 edition...
International Jazz Day to be celebrated online with virtual events
International Jazz Day has cancelled the events it had planned for April 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but jazz musicians around...
Jazz innovator Lee Konitz dies at age 92
Lee Konitz, the NEA Jazz Master considered by many to be the most influential saxophone soloist after Charlie Parker, has died at...
In new video, musicians pay tribute to healthcare workers fighting COVID-19
More than 30 musicians in 14 different countries have come together to record A Hope for the Future, a song written as a tribute...
With Out of Dust, Laila Biali shows the confidence for global stardom
What happens when you release a new album in the middle of a global crisis? If you’re Laila Biali, you improvise. You...
Masterful jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli dies at age 94
Bucky Pizzarelli, the highly respected guitarist who became a mainstay of the New York jazz scene in the ’70s, died on Wednesday...
Jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dies at age 85
Jazz legend Ellis Marsalis, patriarch of the New Orleans musical family that includes his internationally acclaimed sons Wynton and Branford, has died....
Famed jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney has died
Wallace Roney, the famed jazz trumpeter who was well-known as a rare protege of Miles Davis, has died due to complications arising...
Around the world with Michael Kaeshammer
Born and bred in Offenburg, Germany, Michael Kaeshammer began playing the piano at the age of six. After seven years of classical...
Montreux Jazz Festival shares 50 performances for free streaming
After being forced to postpone this year’s event, the Montreux Jazz Festival has made more than 50 live musical performances available for...
Virtual jazz festival to feature Chick Corea, Christian McBride and more
Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Christian McBride and many others will take part in Live From Our Living Rooms, a virtual...
Gregory Porter delays new album All Rise
Gregory Porter has delayed his upcoming album All Rise, but has promised new songs and videos while fans wait for the record’s release. A...
New album from original Joshua Redman Quartet on the way
The original members of the Joshua Redman Quartet have reunited for a new album due out this summer. It’s a star-studded group,...
Canadian jazz pianist Wray Downes dies at 89
The pianist and educator Wray Downes, considered an “elder jazz statesman” of Canada, has died. He was 89. “Wray was a powerhouse,...
Blue Note to release lost Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers album Just Coolin’
The year 1959 is well-known in jazz. Miles Davis and Kind of Blue. Dave Brubeck and Time Out. John Coltrane and Giant Steps. Charles Mingus and Mingus Ah Um. These...
Tierney Sutton on music: ‘Look for the thing that’s moving you’
It’s hard to determine which part of Tierney Sutton’s career is the most admirable: her celebrated recordings, her multiple Grammy nominations, her...
How jazz musicians are coping with COVID-19
Despite her concerts being cancelled, Cécile McLorin Salvant decided to play anyway — to an empty room. With people across the globe...
Juno Awards cancelled amid concerns over coronavirus
The Juno Awards in Saskatoon this weekend have been cancelled as the global spread of the novel coronavirus causes increasing concerns over...
See the 2020 lineup for the TD Toronto Jazz Festival
Motown legend Smokey Robinson and the enduringly influential David Crosby are among the headliners for the 34th edition of the TD Toronto...
For Jeff “Tain” Watts, it’s all about the purity in music
Sometimes all you have to do is mention a nickname, and others will know exactly who you’re talking about — starting with...