Pharoah Sanders’ 1977 release Izipho Zam (My Gifts) on the Strata-East label is a fascinating listen. Widely regarded as a landmark in the evolution of free jazz, it continues to grow on me—and that, ...

Recorded in two sessions in 1956 and released the following year on Savoy, Hank Mobley’s Jazz Message #2 stands as one of ...

Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica as a Category 5 storm and severely damaged the country's famous reggae community.

EFG London Jazz Festival returns this November with ten days of concerts across concert halls and clubs, churches and ...

The Guinness Jazz Festival programme has taken some flak this year from the jazz camp, but they would have had plenty to ...

This year's Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has an eclectic mix of performers. Des O'Driscoll picks the best gigs across the genres ...

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Sarah Hanahan was named the top rising alto sax star in Downbeat magazine's 2025 critics' poll. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan will perform at SUNY Schenectady on Friday, Oct. 3. Saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, ...

As a high school student in Massachusetts, Sarah Hanahan didn't like her academic classes. In fact, she admits, "I just hated school. I always knew, like, 'I can't do this. This just isn't me.'" "It's ...

This weekend’s event is either the 43 rd or 44 th annual Tri-C JazzFest, depending on whether you want to count the all-virtual all-local Tri-C JazzFest 2020 which saw the cancellation of a raft of ...

Zoot Sims, left, and Al Cohn performing on stage. Al Cohn, circa 1980. Saxophonist John 'Zoot' Sims on break at WTTW Studios during a taping of the show Soundstage in Chicago, Nov. 26, 1979. Harry ...

Jazz sax player/composer Ronell Regis grew up in Brooklyn, where his parents settled after leaving their native Grenada. Regis himself absorbed the music of their culture as well as the music that ...