The 10th Annual Austin Jazz & Arts Festival

"...Johnny Adams Year 10 for the Austin Jazz & Arts Festival, which runs this Sunday, June..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature

10th Annual Austin Jazz & Arts Festival

"...Harry McMillan (center) and the DiverseArts staff. photograph by John Carrico When the 10th Annual..."

June 12, 1998 Music Feature

Austin Jazz & Arts Festival Schedule

"...Main Stage: Reconstruction Brass Band (11am-noon); Austin Jazz Band (noon-1pm); Jazzaholics (1-2pm); Concerto Grosso (2-3pm); Elias..."

June 12, 1998 Music Feature

Collin Shook Strikes a Chord With Jazz Pop-Up Series

Monks Jazz Club improvs a hit for the pop-up pianist/promoter

"...East Austin Piano Shop sits on Sixth Street a few blocks..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...one of the mightiest forces in music, let alone jazz, recounts a 1956 winter date at Cafe Bohemia, a..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Can Austin Be a Jazz City?

Two venues usher in a new era in Austin jazz. Plus music scholar Bill Bentley brings the Smithsonian Institution to bear at BookPeople.

"...Austin ain't a jazz town – not in the way..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Wilson Marks’ Jazz Hands

Weathering the road to local minstrelsy

"...Music lovers may have seen Wilson Marks playing around Austin with artists such as the Love Leighs, J. Wagner,..."

April 23, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Faster Than Sound: Only in Austin: The 2020-2021 Austin Music Award Sweepstakes

Austin Music Poll's 40th anniversary inspires mobile sweepstakes and emotional write-ins

"...to stop and gawk when a white van emblazoned "Austin Music Awards Winner Wagon" pulls up honking...."

March 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Jazz's Generational Divide

The IAJE vision of jazz's future.

"...squawk was hardly what these proper aficionados would consider jazz, but then they did succeed in all but drowning..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Bryan Carter Embraces the Freedom of Jazz at Pride

Juilliard musician’s queer music night honors jazz’s legacy

"...no Pride events at any prominent New York City jazz venues, Juilliard-trained musician Bryan Carter took matters into his..."

Aug. 9, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Jazz Re:Freshed Outernational Opens Expansive Genre Umbrella at SXSW

Steam Down, Yazmin Lacey, and more spanned Afrobeat to retro R&B

"...Marcus Joseph was the perfect opener for the annual Jazz Re:Freshed Outernational showcase, and not just because he has..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Clarksville-West End Jazz & Arts Festival Schedule

"...Antonio's Sebastian Campesi might not be well-known to local jazz scensters, but those who caught the 76-year-old violin virtuoso..."

June 6, 1997 Music Feature

ACL Interview: On the Shoulders of Giants, the Huston-Tillotson University Jazz Collective Makes ACL Debut

All-student ensemble shares alma mater of jazz legacies

"...part of the university president’s entourage, the Huston-Tillotson University Jazz Collective has established itself as an essential fixture of..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

13 Jazz Acts to Help You Keep Cool at SXSW

"...NérijaWed. 13, the Main II, 9pm; Thu. 14, Edwin’s, 9pm..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones' Theatrical Jazz

The accomplished stage artist, scholar, and UT professor pens the first study of artists translating jazz aesthetics into theatre

"...and sidles up to you; that's poetic, rhythmic, fluid – past, present, future, co-existing at once; that wanders free..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Aqua Festival

"...flow of its yearly attendance figures (and profit margin), Austin's Aqua Festival is still afloat, and celebrates year 34..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

The Young Mothers’ Jazz Oppression

Free all-stars break down onerous systems

"...Young Mothers create a musical melting pot of free jazz, punk rock, hip-hop, grindcore, and any other elements stuck..."

June 11, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Now & Forever

New Orleans institution riles up the Paramount Friday

"...of all New Orleans’ brass tacks, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, celebrated its half-century anniversary in 2011. My first..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Blue Like Jazz

Based on the bestseller by Donald Miller, this is the story of a Texas-raised Southern Baptist who finds maturity on the liberal campus of Reed College in Portland, Ore.

"...than the current crop of come-home-to-Jesus films, Blue Like Jazz is nevertheless not nearly as tolerant and permissive as..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Straddling Jazz

The Golden Arm Trio

"...their sound has itsfoundations in the left-leaning outskirts of jazz, an apt description of the Golden Arm Trio's music..."

June 12, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

P.G. Moreno Can’t Get Enough “Adventurous Music” and Austin’s More Interesting For It

Epistrophy Arts leader talks past, present, and holy grail bookings

"...the ubiquitous pandemic hiatus, local improvised music advocates Epistrophy Arts came back strong with two presentations this year: jazz..."

Aug. 29, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

Jazz Great John Scofield Endures

Guitarist and Miles Davis alum puts on a clinic Friday at Mohawk

"...career encompasses nearly every guitar style without blurring the jazz core of his oeuvre. Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Medeski..."

Oct. 3, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Checking In: Come Sunday With Jazz Siren Pamela Hart

“My soundtracks are What’s Going On and Imagine”

"...then some of us haven’t forgotten one particular local jazz singer channeling Lady Day. “Pamela Hart evok[es] Billie Holiday..."

April 28, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more

"...the stage, into the outstretched arms of the audience – then shreds guitar while being passed around like a..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Alongside Austin's Dicks and Big Boys, Houston's Really Red proved as..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...The Hammond organ – it's heavy, it's hard to move, you basically become..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Celebrity Austin Music Pollster: BettySoo..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Clarksville-West End Jazz & Arts Festival Schedule

"...Jazz Stage..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Celebrity Austin Music Pollster: Kalu James of Kalu & the Electric..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Q&A: Legendary Jazz Drummer Andrew Cyrille Speaks On Pleasing a Crowd, His Dream Collaboration, and Playing with Billy Harper

Modern Jazz Masters Play Scottish Rite Theater on Saturday

"...Street, pianist David Virelles, and guitarist Bill Frisell, legendary jazz drummer Andrew Cyrille (Cecil Taylor, Trio3, David Murray) intended..."

May 4, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

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