The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest has become one of the nation’s most important live…
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Drummer Lawrence “Lo” Leathers, a vital presence in the New York jazz scene who won a Grammy Award for his work with vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, was the victim of an apparent murder on Sunday at his apartment in the Bronx, where he lived with his girlfriend.
On April 6 in Indianapolis, the American Pianists Association awarded Emmet Cohen its 2019 Cole Porter Fellowship, culminating a 13-month competition that embodies the adage, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.”
Like Art Blakey before him, drummer Herlin Riley is a natural leader with a sixth…
Here are 21 artists we think will take jazz to new heights in 2019. Young and visionary, they’re all linked by a desire to move the music forward, tugging the tradition along with them.
Emmet Cohen is a young pianist with a broad vision of jazz. He’s committed to…