The eighth annual BRIC JazzFest—held Oct. 20-22—was a welcome return to live, in-person performances at BRIC House in Brooklyn, N.Y. A jam-packed roster included such distinguished artists as Lizz Wright, Joel Ross, José James, Theon Cross, Angel Bat Dawid, and many more. Regular JazzTimes photographer Alan Nahigian was at the festival for the duration; here …
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Heard & Seen at the 2022 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Over three evenings (Aug. 26, 27, and 28) at two different New York City locations (Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem for the first two dates, Tompkins Square Park in the East Village for the third), the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival rolled out a memorable list of artists for its 30th edition. Vocalist Jazzmeia Horn and …
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Scenes from the 2022 Newport Jazz Festival
Last summer, for the first time since he founded it in 1954, George Wein wasn’t at the Newport Jazz Festival. Traveling from his Manhattan home had simply become too difficult for the fabled 95-year-old impresario. His presence was still felt on the grounds of Fort Adams in Newport, R.I., as he made a couple of …
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“A Light in Darkness” at the 2022 Vision Festival
The 2022 Vision Festival—edition number 26, “A Light in Darkness”—took place from June 21 to June 26 in New York City, including hundreds of performers and featuring tributes to two giants of the avant garde: Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake. Produced as usual by the nonprofit Arts for Art (AFA), the festival’s first five …
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Herbie Hancock Takes It to the SummerStage
Herbie Hancock may be 82 years old, but that doesn’t seem to be slowing him down. The latest case in point: his headlining set at Rumsey Playfield in New York’s Central Park on Saturday, June 11. It was opening night for the 2022 Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage concert series; this particular show, produced …
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Photos: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2022
From April 29 to May 8, New Orleans’ Fair Grounds Race Course opened its gates to one of the world’s most famous music festivals for the first time since 2019. Musicians and revelers alike (and often they were one and the same) celebrated the post-pandemic return of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a.k.a Jazz …
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Rare Jazz Concert and Movie Posters on Display in NYC Exhibit
A triple bill at Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom featuring Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, and Macbeth the Great with his Creole Rhythm Boys. The only movie that features Billie Holiday and Count Basie together. The first piece of printed promotional material to mention the name Ella Fitzgerald. From Friday, March 11 to Saturday, March 26, the SALON94 …
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Photos: BRIC JazzFest Comes Back to Brooklyn
From October 21 to 23, the BRIC JazzFest made a welcome return to its live in-person home at BRIC House on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, N.Y. The headliners for the seventh annual festival were, respectively, Cécile McLorin Salvant, the Sun Ra Arkestra, and Fred Wesley and the New JB’s, but the lineup went far deeper …
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Photos: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2021
For its 28th edition, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival—presented as part of the New York City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage concert series—returned to Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem for three days (August 27-29). This year it celebrated bebop pioneer Parker’s 101st birthday. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the centennial fest had been all-virtual; all 2021 attendees …
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