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The 2024 edition of the Italian festival included John Scofield, Bobby Watson, Don Moye, Ernie Watts, Dave Burrell and Salvatore Bonafede

Drummer Sylvia Cuenca and bassist Essiet Essiet make one of jazz's most celebrated rhythm sections; they perform several Bay Area gigs July 6-14.

The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that formed in 1967. Originally consisting of Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Joseph Jarman, and Don Moye, the group quickly became known for their innovative approach to jazz, incorporating elements of free jazz, world music, and performance art into their music. The Art Ensemble

The new SmallsLIVE Living Masters Series has issued Kirk Lightsey Live at Smalls Jazz Club, their second offering, following this past August’s release of vocalist Sheila Jordan’s Live at Mezzrow. As the series name implies, these recordings honor the best of iconic jazz musicians that are still with us.

W. Royal Stokes has lived a jazz life as unpredictable as the music Chris Richards, The Washington Post Feb. 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Jazz critic W. Royal Stokes at a 2005 book reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D..C.Erika HartmannShow MoreShow Less 2of5"The Essential W. Royal Stokes Jazz, Blues and Beyond Reader" is out now.W. Royal StokesShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5W. Royal Stokes. a champion of women in jazz, wrote several profiles of female perfor...

A new anthology compiles decades of music writing from the 90-year-old jazz critic.