theartsdesk Q&A: Jazz Musician Charles Lloyd. Interview by Nick Hasted
Jazz Zelig’s long, strange trip from Howlin’ Wolf to Norah Jones
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Jazz Zelig’s long, strange trip from Howlin’ Wolf to Norah Jones
"All this was totally my imagination of a faraway place." - Bob Thompson An important traveling exhibition offers a rich reconsideration of a visionary African American painter. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Bob Thompson (1937–1966) earned critical acclaim in the late 1950s for his paintings of figurative complexity and chromatic intensity. Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine borrows its name from a diminutive but exquisite painting created by the artist in 1960. With this title, Thompson ...
More than 40 years after his death, Bill Evans continues to exert an enormous influence on jazz. Brian Priestley re-evaluates the work of this still misunderstood master musician
PHILADELPHIA — When the Met Philadelphia reopened as a concert venue in 2018, John Legend was the second headliner to take the century-old opera house’s stage. (Bob Dylan beat him
Philly has historically been home to generations of forward-thinking, boundlessly creative Black artists. This year, the Black Music City program celebrated that legacy with a series of projects.