The Happiness Lab [I took this class on Coursera and loved it. Learned a lot, too.] Truth Be Told 70 Over 70 [from an NYTimes article about talking with our elders] Come Through With Rebecca Carroll Hidden Brain [also program on NPR] Sooo Many White Guys This American Life Black Girl Songbook [So good] Fresh Air Resilient Black Women…
Read More Podcasts I LikeSign Up for Swing University’s Virtual Winter Term! Feb 1–Apr 22 All-Access Package Available Swing University offers engaging virtual classes for jazz fans, enthusiasts, and students of all backgrounds and levels. Swing U’s Virtual Winter Term explores a variety of topics including Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, The John Coltrane Quartet, Erroll Garner, 1959: The Year…
Read More Jazz at Lincoln CenterBy Ryan Reed Feb. 12, 2021 Nytimes.com Chick Corea, the pioneering keyboardist, and bandleader who died on Tuesday at 79, will be forever regarded as a crucial architect of jazz-rock fusion. For more than five decades, Corea modified his sound to follow that simple maxim — chasing whims from bebop to free jazz to fusion to contemporary classical.…
Read More Chick Corea RIP (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021)Saturday February 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Matt DeChamplain, solo piano The program features pianist Matt DeChamplain playing the jazz stylings of 10 different pianists (with one or two encores anticipated with his wife, the amazing vocalist Atla DeChamplain). His selections range from rag to bop to modern, Matt is a student, a teacher, and a performer of…
Read More Matt DeChamplain, solo pianoCelebrate the Holidays with an Incredible Lineup of Artists Big Band Holidays Dec 19 at 7pm ETOn-demand through Dec 26 $25 ticket price HERESpecial pricing available for members and subscribers Audiences of all ages will enjoy this festive, one-of-a-kind performance from an all-star lineup including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Catherine Russell, Kurt Elling, Rubén…
Read More Big Band HolidaysDear Jazz Standard Community, It is with great sadness that USHG shares that Jazz Standard and Blue Smoke Flatiron will not be reopening on 27th Street. We have explored every avenue to arrive at a different outcome, but due to the pandemic and months without revenue—as well as a lengthy rent negotiation that has come to…
Read More My Favorite Jazz Club is ClosingElla: Forever the First Lady of Songfeaturing the Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton MarsalisSaturday, November 14 @ 7 pm EDT Virtual Ticket Price: $20 In 2017, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual gala celebrated Ella Fitzgerald’s centennial in what remains one of our most beloved concerts. Now, due to popular demand, we’re re-airing this special performance for the first…
Read More A Tribute Fit for the Queen of JazzBy Nate Chinen Oct. 21, 2020, 5:00 a.m The last time Keith Jarrett performed in public, his relationship with the piano was the least of his concerns. This was at Carnegie Hall in 2017, several weeks into the administration of a divisive new American president. He had been scheduled to return to Carnegie the following March for another of…
Read More Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the PianoOctober 5 marks the 102nd birthday of one of jazz’s most overlooked pioneers: the late great bassist Jimmie Blanton. Though his professional recording career was cut short by his untimely passing, Blanton’s two-year stretch fundamentally changed how the bass is played in jazz. Listen to playlist HERE.
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