The set begins with the prowling noirish moods of “The Smile of the Snake”, written by one-time Art Blakey pianist Donald ... s “Olive Branch” sits on a samba pulse. Each piece delivers ...

Samba, which was strongly influenced by African music, originated in Rio de Janeiro about 100 years ago Bossa nova, the focus of this hour, is basically a fusing of the harmonic vocabulary from jazz ...

Crikey, it’s been a while. However, I offer a wonderful selection of Tropical dance-punk, avant queertronica, sunny ...

The Visual Language of Jazz article by Hank Hehmsoth, published on March 25, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more In Pictures ...

Mile High Band Association’s 2025 Jazz & Beyond Festival Committee is sponsoring an art contest for Northern Nevada artists. Selected entries in the competition may be used to promote the festival, ...

Westbury Arts turned their gallery into a NYC-style jazz club. For this event, they featured The Julie Lyon Quintet, whose ...

We’ve run multiple stories on Abercrombie recently, one by Katie White recounting her life and art (“Meet Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, the ‘Jazz Witch’ Who Captivated the Art World ...

Samba Ngo and Mandjou Koné will be performing together twice in the coming weeks in Santa Cruz including headlining “Legends ...

But I also played a number of times at the Regattabar, several times with Johnny Griffin, and also Art ... piano by ear. So I was already developing a penchant for just going to the piano and messing ...

By Gary Graff Jason Moran plans to blend genres in one of his performances as the Detroit Jazz Festival’s artist ... drum machine meeting piano — which I think is one of the great machines ...

Sip, bop and celebrate with AfriKin: Art, Jazz and Champagne. It’s a great event to toast the incredible power and creativity of women everywhere. From stunning art, music and food, the ...

There’s no story anywhere in music like Steely Dan. The Seventies jazz-rock masterminds have gone in and out of style over the years, but they’ve never been more popular, more influential ...