Queen, Herbie Hancock, and Barbara Hannigan named Polar Music Prize laureates
QUEEN, HERBIE HANCOCK AND BARBARA HANNIGAN ANNOUNCED AS 2025 POLAR MUSIC PRIZE LAUREATES Award ceremony will take place on Tuesday 27 May in Stockholm #polarmusicprize…
Browsing: Wayne Shorter
Masterminds Then and Now
Now into its second century, jazz has quite a checkered history behind it, filled with so many outstanding achievements by so many musicians of great…
Blue Note Records – From Classicism to Modernism
Few record labels have left a deeper imprint on jazz than Blue Note Records. Not only does its name speak for itself, but its catalogue…
Svend Asmussen, Famous Jazz Player, Died yesterday
CANADA The Amadeus Choral from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean will celebrate its 75th anniversary on February 12 with a special mass. [Plus d’infos] Classical’s nomination for the JUNO Awards. A…
Video of the Day – Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers “Dat Dere”
In light of the ongoing Montreal Jazz Festival, here’s a wonderful live performance of the pianist Bobby Timmons’s “Dat Dere” by Art Blakey and the…
