Sep 22, 2026 12:26 PM
Hyde Park Jazz Fest on Chicago’s South Side to Present 20th Edition
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival will take place for the 20th time on the final weekend of September 2026. Beginning half…
Christian McBride, Marcus Strickland and Christian Sands head up an ensemble celebrating What’s Goin’ On at 50 in New York.
(Photo: Courtesy 92nd Street Y)This week’s streaming highlights include the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Jeremy Pelt Quartet, the Dezron Douglas Quintet and Christian McBride honoring Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 50. A fee is associated with some of the material listed, and some items have been sourced from WBGO, WDCB and WWOZ. Please support jazz radio. DB
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May 19: Dezron Douglas Quartet at Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn)
May 19: Keisha Janae/Ben Lamar Gay & Ayako Kato/Jason Roebke at Constellation (Chicago)
May 20: Ethan Philion Quartet at Constellation (Chicago)
May 21: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra — Freedom, Justice, and Hope
May 21: Keef Jackson Trio at Constellation (Chicago)
May 21–22: Jeremy Pelt Quartet at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club (New York)
May 21: Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On at 50 with Christian McBride at the 92nd Street Y (New York)
April 22: Twin Talk Trio at Constellation (Chicago)
May 23: Alisha Pattillo Quartet at Murray’s (Columbia, Missouri)
May 23: Bobby Rush Raw
A solo concert by saxophonist Joshua Redman will close the first night of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival on Sept. 26.
Sep 22, 2026 12:26 PM
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival will take place for the 20th time on the final weekend of September 2026. Beginning half…
“It was just that suddenly … I could hear it,” Ravi Coltrane said of an epiphany he experienced during his late teens regarding his father’s music. “And it was almost like a calling, like something saying, ‘Hey, man, come on. It’s time to get serious.’ And the first time you really tune in and dial in and focus like that, it can be very life-changing.”
Sep 22, 2026 1:39 PM
Editor’s Note: Tomorrow, Sept. 23, is the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth. In honor of the tenor and…
Camille Thurman took to the stage alongside bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Tommy Campbell for a rendition of Johnny Mercer’s “I’m An Old Cowhand” that recalled Rollins’ epochal 1957 trio outing Way Out West.
Oct 6, 2026 1:33 PM
As emcee Mark Ruffin noted at the commencement of an epic tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins at the Cathedral of…
Kurt Elling, Katherine Russell and Emmet Cohen (host on the 2027 Jazz Cruise) share a laugh at sea.
Sep 8, 2026 11:52 AM
It began in 2001. A travel agent named Anita E. Berry had been booking clients on “partial” jazz cruises that took…
Record producer Bob Thiele’s classic photo that became the cover of John Coltrane’s landmark album A Love Supreme.
Sep 22, 2026 1:36 PM
A tribute to John Coltrane is one thing, but there is much more to the iconic saxophonist’s 100th anniversary…
