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Chris Eldridge and John Zorn. Some projects have been better than others, especially as his instrumental skills grew faster than his writing abilities. But he truly got better with every album, and they’ve all led up to Squint, his leader debut for the revered Blue Note label. Lage has always claimed as many influences from rock, blues, folk and country as from jazz, and as he’s gotten older, he’s folded them into his music with increasing subtlety. This is no blowing session, where he...

Article content GENEVA — French-Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf is among headliners at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July, downsized because of the pandemic but featuring a stage built on Lake Geneva, organizers said on Tuesday. Woodkid, Rag’n’Bone Man, Zucchero and Fatoumata Diawara join the line-up for the 55th annual edition, after one of Europe’s most prestigious summer music events was canceled last year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your brows...

Montreux Jazz Festival programme announcement - The Number One music magazine feat. band & artist news, reviews, interviews, videos & gossip UK & worldwide.

A downsized Montreux Jazz Festival is set to go ahead in July thanks to the easing of Covid restrictions.

Julian Lage will release his 11th album Squint on June 11, marking his first release with Blue Note Records.

  Article Contributed by Fox Theater | Published on Monday, May 17, 2021 $1 from every ticket will be going to Color of Change. For more information, please visit https://colorofchange.org Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation and “highest category of improvising musicians" (New Yorker), Julian Lage has spent more than a decade searching through the myriad strains of American musical history via impeccable technique, free association and a spirit of infinite p...

Tickets and info: Streaming packages on sale April 26, 10 a.m. Single stream tickets on sale May 3, 10 a.m. at coastaljazz.ca Coastal Jazz and Blues Society has announced the lineup for the 2021 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival with more than 100 virtual events scheduled. The 35th edition of the annual summer tradition will be live streaming to follow the guidelines set down by the Provincial Health Office. Should there be changes to the small gatherings guidelines, plans are in place t...

5 Things to Do This Weekend Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually. April 1, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Jazz Image Fred Hersch will appear with his trio on the Jazz Standard’s website on Friday.Credit...Mark Niskanen The Jazz Standard closed its location on East 27th Street in December, becoming the first major New York club to permanently shutter amid the coronavirus pandemic. But its leadership insists that’s not the end of the story: Simmering te...

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Program #318 (March 14 at 8:00 p.m.) Music of Bill Evans featuring performances by Howard Alden Trio, Richie Beirach Trio, Chick Corea, Mitchel Forman and Fred Hersch. Borrowing heavily from the impressionism of Debussy and Ravel, pianist Bill Evans brought an introverted, relaxed, and lyrical classical sensibility into jazz. Along with his keen technical ability and nuanced sense of harmony, Evans worked to democratize the role of the bassist and drummer in his succession of piano trios, encou...