New Orleans’ Voodoo Music and Arts Experience will spook the boos and ghouls this Halloween weekend, Friday, Oct, 30 through Sunday, Nov. 1. And if you haven’t booked your hotel room for the weekend, it’s not too late.
By Laurie Weigler
The Art of Cool announces its 2016 lineup, gets back to jazz |Indy Week
Tonight, before Los Angeles jazz adventurer Terrace Martin hit The Pour House stage in Raleigh for The Art of Cool Project and 9th Wonder’s monthly soul series Caramel City, Art of Cool president Cicely Mitchell announced the full lineup for next year’s third annual Art of Cool Music Festival, scheduled May 6–8, 2016, in Durham.
By Eric Tullis
Terence Blanchard: The Frisson of Fusion |JazzTimes
Music Box: Donald Harrison Jr., Joe Jackson light up D.C. |Capital Gazette
There’s jazz this afternoon at Georgetown University in the federal city as New Orleans saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr. appears in McNeir Hall for a special free matinee performance (1:15 p.m.).
By Michael Buckley
The playlist – jazz: London jazz festival, Maria Schneider, Matthew Halsall and more |The Guardian
Jazz fans will get rare live sightings of some great acts in the coming weeks, plus exciting releases from Colin Towns, Tigran Hamasyan, Brad Mehldau and a classic by Errol Garner.
Festival Miami opens with a program of American music |Miami Herald
Festival Miami, the University of Miami Frost School of Music’s annual potpourri of classical and popular musical genres, opened Friday night with a celebration of American symphonic creativity at UM’s Gusman Concert Hall.
By Lawrence Budmen
Berklee Facebook Takeover / Q&A with Terence Blanchard |HeyEvent
World-renowned trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Terence Blanchard takes over Berklee this week, as a visiting scholar in the Jazz Composition Department, with a week-long schedule of seminars, classes, and clinics. On Thursday, October 22, we’re letting him take over our Facebook account as well. Join us on the Berklee College of Music page from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Ten Questions for Aaron Parks, American Pianist |Kind Of Jazz
Pianist Aaron Parks is a jazz musician who came to the public’s attention during his time with trumpeter Terence Blanchard.
By Matthew Ruddick
GREAT VIBES, STELLAR MUSIC AT MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL |San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
Celebrating unforgettable musical legends, blazing pathways for new dimensions in jazz– this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival had it all. In its 58th year, the 3-day musical extravaganza, held last weekend, kept its fine tradition alive with headliners Wynton Marsalis (MJF’s Artist in Residence) and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Chick Corea, Pete Escovedo, Sheila E, Dianne Reeves, Ambrose Akinmusire, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride, Trombone Shorty—just to name a few.
By Barbara Smith
A Look Back at The 58th Monterey Jazz Fest |SF Gate
The Monterey Jazz Festival’s 58-year old “trumpet on chair” logo is as identified with the annual musical and cultural institution as its idyllic beach town setting and impressive bookings. So it’s only appropriate that the 2015 version, which ran from Friday, Sep. 18 through Sunday, Sep. 20, would feature a broad array of trumpet virtuosos.
By Yoshi Kato