Blog Tag - Jazz

Q&A with Cuban Defector and Quincy Jones Protege Alfredo Rodríguez Ahead of Jul 28 and 29 Blue Note Gigs
Submitted on Jul 24, 2018
From being an illegal immigrant to becoming the prodigy of the music’s most famous producer, Alfredo Rodríguez’s journey has been one of extreme risk...
Kat Edmonson Talks Working With Woody Allen, Befriending Gary Clark Jr. Ahead of June 1 and 2 Blue Note Gigs
Submitted on Jun 01, 2018
Some artists are wise beyond their years, and then there’s Kat Edmonson. She began writing songs on the school bus as a young student, and by her...
Kenny Garrett's Hutong Odyssey: Jazz Legend Talks Prior Courtyard Residency Ahead of Mar 9-10 Gigs
Submitted on Mar 07, 2018
Plenty of musicians rarely see the cities they perform in. The routine all too often goes something like: Plane. Car. Venue. Hotel. Repeat. If a...
We Talk to Veteran Jazz Rock Drummer Simon Phillips Ahead of Jan 12-13 Blue Note Gigs
Submitted on Jan 09, 2018
Simon Phillips is a drummer who has, to paraphrase a popular saying, spent his nearly 50-year career marching to his own beat. Indeed, there are few...
Q&A with Birdman Scoring Musician Antonio Sánchez Ahead of His Gig at Blue Note Tonight
Submitted on Dec 07, 2017
After scoring a modern Hollywood classic, Antonio Sánchez longed to bring that same cinematic quality to his concerts. The prodigious Mexican drummer...
Cult Blues Guitarist Robben Ford Talks Playing With Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, and Others Ahead of Nov 10-11 Blue Note Gigs
Submitted on Nov 10, 2017
Beloved Beatle George Harrison had his flaws. Folks like Joni Mitchell will "make you want to do your best for them." And sibling rivalry eases with...
Grammy Nominated, Genre-Bending Trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah to Play Blute Note, Oct 27-28
Submitted on Oct 23, 2017
If you don't know anything about Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, take another glance at him in the photo above. Now take a guess as to what genre of...
"I’ve seen how music can unify" Q&A with Acclaimed Saxophonist Kamasi Washington Ahead of Sept. 22-23 Beijing Gigs
Submitted on Sep 20, 2017
The club full of uppity, elitist jazz fans had already made up their mind about Kamasi Washington before the saxophonist and his cohorts even took to...
Catch the Warmly Soulful Singing of Rising R&B Star Avery Sunshine at Blue Note, Aug 25-26
Submitted on Aug 24, 2017
If you like Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, you'll love Avery Sunshine. Exclaim! magazine – in a rare 9/10 review of her recently released album Twenty...
Star Saxohponist Kamasi Washington to Play "Epic" Blue Note Gigs, Sept 22-23
Submitted on Aug 23, 2017
Though jazz doesn't exactly produce household names anymore, if any current artist were to attain the superstardom of John Coltrane, Charlie Parker...
One of Asia's Best Bartenders to serve cocktails at Good Bait
Submitted on Aug 15, 2017
"Get jazzy, get tipsy" – these are the simple instructions issued to guests of Good Bait's upcoming evening with world-renowned bartender Chris...
Q&A with Dreadlocked Saxophone Prodigy Li Gaoyang Ahead of his Aug 12 East Shore Gig
Submitted on Aug 11, 2017
Though skeptics might dismiss jazz as mere noodling, or a genre dominated by self-indulgent players who solo to no end, Li Gaoyang would beg to...
R Giving Jazz a “Big Ass Slap!” Q&A with Grammy Winner Robert Glasper Ahead of June 2 Bluenote Gigs
Submitted on Jun 02, 2017
Not only is Robert Glasper quickly becoming a jazz elder statesman, currently working with his pal Terrace Martin on the now 77-year-old pioneering...
R Stevie Mac and the Mac Daddies Set to Debut New Original Tunes at Temple, May 13
Submitted on May 08, 2017
Since forming two years ago Stevie Mac and The Mac Daddies have kept us covered in every sense of the word, not only playing a multitude of gigs at...
Ginger Doles Out Flavorful Cocktails and Jazzy Vibes in Sanlitun North
Submitted on Apr 13, 2017
Ginger and jazz. Those are the deliciously suave terms that echo in your mind long after you've left Sanlitun north's newest cocktail bar. Fittingly...