The program for the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival, the 59th, has been announced. The festival will be held in Newport, R.I., on August 2 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino and August 3-4 at Fort Adams State Park. Scheduled performances include Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday Celebration featuring the Wayne Shorter [...]
Newport Jazz Fest Spotlights Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding
January 17, 2013 | Posted by
Norah Jones Mourns Passing of Her Father, Ravi Shankar
December 21, 2012 | Posted by
Ravi Shankar’s music was all about embracing life—and so was his funeral. His musician daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar, wife Sukanya, jazz great Herbie Hancock, conductor Zubin Mehta and George Harrison’s widow, Olivia, were among more than 1,000 people who turned out to pay tribute to the late sitar player Thurdsay in his adopted [...]
Jazz Icon Ron Carter Talks the On-Going Evolution of the Bass in Jazz
October 25, 2012 | Posted by
Ron Carter has played on over 2,500 albums and secured a spot in jazz history as one of the world’s finest bassists. Doing much more than merely helping anchor the rhythm, Carter is quite the melodic master. In his five-decade-long career, he’s played with countless jazz legends, including a five-year stint in Miles Davis’s quintet [...]
Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea to Headline London Jazz Festival
September 14, 2012 | Posted by
The London Jazz Festival recently announced the lineup for its 20th festival with over 250 shows at over 50 venues across the city. The festival, which runs from 9 to 18 November, will host some of jazz’s biggest stars, including Herbie Hancock playing his first ever UK solo show, the 82-year-old Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea [...]
Blue Note Releases 6 Master-Quality Catalog Classics on HDtracks
July 29, 2012 | Posted by
Blue Note/EMI is pleased to announce today’s high definition, master-quality audio release of six classics from the label’s legendary catalog on HDtracks. John Coltrane’s Blue Train, Eric Dolphy’s Out To Lunch, Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage, Wayne Shorter’s Speak No Evil, Horace Silver’s Song for My Father, and Larry Young’s Unity have been digitally remastered for [...]
