In “Farm Fresh Jazz (notes from a saxophonist)” Penelope Keep ’28 offers readers a bi-weekly backstage pass to the Stanford jazz scene. Each edition gives readers her take on the latest jazz events ...
I was playing piano in a busy public space when a saxophonist suddenly appeared — coming down the escalators. Without saying a word, he started playing along. The sound of sax and piano echoed through ...
We’re talking free jazz, an experiment in improvisational music that captivated the world’s greatest jazz musicians in the second half of the 20th century: Albert Ayler, Derek Bailey, Ornette Coleman ...
The Chiang Mai Street Jazz Festival returns for its seventh edition with the theme "Chiang Mai Jazz City: Let The City Play Its Jazz". For one vibrant week from Dec 1-7, the city transforms into an ...
I was playing “Careless Whisper” by George Michael in public when someone nearby asked if he could join — with a saxophone. We had never played together before, but the moment felt effortless. The ...
December is shaping up to be one of those months that feels borrowed from a summer postcard. Now, the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok throws open its garden gates for a Dutch Thai jazz night, the kind ...
For the follow-up to its 2024 release, How Long is Now (MarMade Records), the Christian Marien Quartett has chosen an adventurous approach in keeping with the leader's anything-goes aesthetic: a ...
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Over the past decade, Jazz in Britain has built a reputation not through scale or spectacle, but through a steady, almost ...