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Rachel Eckroths "The Garden" and Steve Gadd Bands "At Blue Note Tokyo" earned nominations in the same category at the 64th annual Grammy Awards.

The nominations are in, and Jon Batiste is sure to be a big presence at the 2022 Grammy Awards. Here's what Nate Chinen has to say about the rest of the jazz field.

Anne Schrager July 14, 2021 Fans in the front row dance and scream during a Major Lazer performance at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Outside Lands returns to the Bay Area on Oct. 29-31. Photo: Connor Radnovich / The Chronicle 2016 If there’s one thing to celebrate locally during the post-vaccine era, it’s the return of popular music festivals. Some of the Bay Area’s biggest events — such as BottleRock (Sept. 3-5), Second Sky Fest (Sept. 18-19), Lights...

Jazz Maui presents the second annual Jazz Blues and Beyond Benefit Concert By Staff | Jul 2, 2021 A master woodwind musician, Phil Smith has been performing and recording for over six decades. LAHAINA — Jazz Maui presents the second annual Jazz Blues and Beyond Benefit Concert, featuring distinguished jazz professionals, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 3, at the new Bozich Center, Graham Theater on the campus of Maui Preparatory Academy in Napili. The star-studded lineup features internati...

The result of that collaboration is the recent album "Rhythm City," eight tracks including standards, unexpected songs, and one original.

Francesco Amenta – Midtown Walk (Amenta Music International): “New album for the saxophonist and composer Francesco Amenta, with his New York Quartet’s, with Kimon Karoutszos on double bass and Gary Kerkezou on drums. Guest of the band is the American pianist, Cyrus Chestnut, famous musician and well known for years on the American and European jazz scene. The album was recorded and produced by Jhon Lee, legendary double bass player Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and many other jazz lege...

NORMAN — The 38th annual Jazz in June Festival will be live next month, after a shift to a virtual and radio broadcast last year due to COVID-19. Jazz in June 2021 will kick off Thursday, June 17 at Brookhaven Village and Andrews Park, and will run through Saturday, June 19. The family-friendly free festival features both local and widely-renowned blues and jazz talent. “I don’t know if we’re going to be the first festival, but we are one of the first festivals to re-open an...

News The Dave Weckl Band Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz Festival 2019 – Album Review – April 9th, 2021 Review By Rob Coen St. Louis, home of great bar-b-que, the Gateway Arch, the Chesterfield Jazz and Wine Festival and drumming legend himself, Dave Weckl. Filmed and recorded at the 2019 Chesterfield Jazz and Wine Festival, this The Dave Weckl Band Live album is a triumph of musical mastery. Accompanying Mr. Weckl (drums) are Gary Meek (sax), Jay Oliver (ke...

Written by Emily Morrow on March 15, 2021 What brought you to hosting a show on WICN? Why do you love being on the air? My induction into the WICN fold started back 2003, soon after moving up from Florida. As I was driving up I-290, scanning the radio stations in the car, I came across some pretty cool jazz at the 90.5 mark, so I left it there. It was at some point in the afternoon when my eventual mentor would come on the air, Joe Zupan. I’m like, “hey this ...

The Dave Weckl Band Reunites For A Very Special Live Album The Dave Weckl Band: Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz Festival captures a brilliant return to form by one of jazz fusions most virtuosic ensemble.by BWW News Desk When the legendary Dave Weckl Band reunited on stage at the 2019 Chesterfield Wine & Jazz Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, the show was already a rare and very special occasion. But even playing their first real show together in more than a decade, the band had no i...