Congratulations to Béla Fleck, who took home four awards at the 33rd Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards, more than anyone else this year! Read all of his awards below: Instrumental Group of the Year – Béla Fleck’s My Bluegrass Heart…
A new musical about jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald is in the works from Anna Deavere Smith (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Notes From the Field). Titled ELLA: An American Miracle, the work will portray Fitzgerald at different points in her life, drawing from her own songbook for the…
When, during the pandemic, Lizz Wright found the time to listen back to some previous live dates, she was particularly struck by a show recorded in Berlin, the final date of her 2018 European summer tour. Produced by Christian Ulbrich…
Walter TroutRide(Provogue)4 out of 5 stars Even in the notoriously unsparing blues world, Walter Trout has had a bumpy, at times life-threatening, career. And it has been a long one. The now 71-year-old guitarist/vocalist and songwriter has been playing professionally…
How exciting to see so many all-star jazz greats performing together. The SFJAZZ Collective is a talented cohort of artists who perform arrangements of works by modern composers and also newly commissioned pieces by each member of the band. In…
Congratulations to all of the winners and runners-up for the 70th annual DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll! We’d like to highlight all the artists on our roster who were recognized this year for their incredible work. Jazz Group: Charles Lloyd &…
The National Endowment for the Arts is continuing its long history of honoring America’s rich, artistic heritage with today’s announcement of the 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipients, including Michael Cleveland. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the program,…
Charles Lloyd, now 84, has lived many lives. Over the decades, the saxophone virtuoso has blurred the lines between jazz and popular music, playing with B.B. King, Cannonball Adderley, The Beach Boys and The Grateful Dead – and he’s still…
Joey Alexander’s new album ‘Origin’ was featured as the second album on NPR’s May 20th edition of New Music Friday. Here’s what they had to say: “He has always been phenomenal…” — Christina Lee for NPR Music “…it’s a true coming…
Halfway through Bill Charlap’s early set at Birdland on Friday night, the great pianist played, “You’re All the World to Me.” He then picked up the mic, turned around to face the crowd, and marveled at the way Fred Astaire…