General News

Ingrid Laubrock Residency at Clemente Soto Velez this Month

Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock has a residency at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center this month with two concerts planned: Monday March 3: 7:30 pm: Think Shadow: Sean Conly/Michaël Attias; 8:45 pm: William Parker/Ingrid Laubrock 10 pm: Content Provider: Brandon Seabrook, Briggan Kraus, Ingrid Laubrock Monday, March 10 (a benefit for Arts for Art) 7:30 pm: Mary

Check out the latest videos

The latest videos of live performances are available here. These include performances by Ingrid Laubrock, Dan Peck, Tom Rainey, Pulverize the Sound, Jeremiah Cymerman, Sweet Banditry, Kyoko Kitamura, Ken Filiano, and others.

6th Annual El Intruso Critics Poll

Congratulations to all of the artists who received awards this year. Musician of the Year: Nate Wooley Newcomer Musician: Matt Mitchell Group of the Year: Mostly Other People Do the Killing Newcomer Group: Black Host Album of the Year: Illusionary Sea by Mary Halvorson Septet Composer: Wadada Leo Smith Drums: Ches Smith Double Bass: Mark

Winter Jazzfest 2014

Winter Jazzfest (Jan 7-11) has a promising list of performers this year (a full listing is available here). I have highlighted some of the most exciting bands below: January 10 (Friday): Judson Church (beginning at 6:15 pm) Mary Halvorson Septet Peter Brötzmann Trio with Jason Adasiewicz, Hamid Drake Improvised Round Robin Duets NYU Law School

January 2014 concert listings now available

January has an unusually long list of amazing concerts (a full list is available here). I would like to highlight these in particular: Jan 4: Yoni Kretzmer 2Bass Quartet with Sean Conly, Reuben Radding, Mike Pride and guest Assif Tsahar at Ibeam Brooklyn 8:30 pm Jan 4: Mary Halvorson Quintet with Jonathan Finlayson, Jon Irabagon,

Best Records of 2013

I listened to so much incredible music over the past year, so it was very difficult to select a small number of records to highlight as my picks for best of 2013. To make the task even more arduous, I limited it to just 15. I found that each of these records made me listen

Best Live Creative Music of 2013

Despite being urged by several musicians in the community to put together a best of 2013 list, I initially resisted doing so for two reasons. I set out for Jazz Right Now to be supportive of the community as a whole, to highlight the work of an entire generation (or two) of musicians who are

Support JACK Arts on Indiegogo

JACK Arts has been a vital arts space for the Brooklyn creative music scene. This wonderful fundraiser is aimed at generating money to provide performing artists guaranteed income. Please consider contributing to the effort! http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/music-for-life-the-jack-challenge-grant-fundraiser