Jazz%20Concerts
Listen Matt Wilson's Arts And Crafts: Live At The Village Vanguard WBGO
September 5, 2012 – A colorful drummer who proudly deploys his goofy joy, Wilson leads a long-running band in concert. WBGO
Listen Regina Carter, Wynton Marsalis On JazzSet
August 30, 2012 – A violin channels Africa and a trumpet speaks to kids: a 2011 Newport Jazz double bill.
Listen Kevin Eubanks On JazzSet WBGO
August 23, 2012 – After two decades as a TV sidekick on The Tonight Show, the guitarist doesn't have to edit himself. WBGO
Listen Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, Tootie Heath: Live At The Village Vanguard WBGO
August 22, 2012 – A wise drummer and two curious collaborators cook comfort food from jazz standards. WBGO
Listen Juan-Carlos Formell On JazzSet
August 16, 2012 – Formell performs epic music and poetry, magical and real, about the Afro-Caribbean experience.
Listen Gabriel Alegria And Gerald Clayton On JazzSet WBGO
August 9, 2012 – Hear an Afro-Peruvian jazz sextet and a piano trio back-to-back at the Litchfield Jazz Festival. WBGO
Listen The Bad Plus With Bill Frisell, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012 WGBH
August 8, 2012 – A piano trio sui generis meets one of its heroes, a guitarist down for anything. WGBH
Listen Kurt Elling, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012 WGBH
August 7, 2012 – The mannered, declamatory singer bellows in front of a band featuring pianist Laurence Hobgood. WGBH
Listen Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz Festival 2012
August 5, 2012 – Top students from the school's international program perform with the sparkling drummer Adam Cruz.
Listen Miguel Zenón's Rayuela Quartet, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012 WGBH
August 5, 2012 – The saxophonist teams up with pianist Laurent Coq to write music based on a Julio Cortázar novel. WGBH
Listen Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Centennial Project, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
Newport Jazz Festival
Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Centennial Project, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
August 5, 2012 – What if the late composer-arranger Gil Evans left behind unrecorded masterpieces? Here's the answer.
Listen Three Cohens, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012
August 5, 2012 – Yuval, Anat and Avishai Cohen are top-tier jazz musicians. They're also siblings in a family band.
Listen Jenny Scheinman & Bill Frisell, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012 WBGO
August 5, 2012 – The flexible, long-time collaborators perform alone together on stage, thinking on their feet. WBGO
Listen Rudresh Mahanthappa And Samdhi, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012 WBGO
August 5, 2012 – Blending South Asian music with funk, the saxophonist's band is electric, literally and otherwise. WBGO
Listen Lewis Nash Quintet, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2012 WGBH
August 5, 2012 – A drummer who innovates within jazz traditions leads a classic quintet lineup. WGBH