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Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell surrounded by vintage photos of freedom fighters

Jazz Icons Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell Reimagine Max Roach's Classic with WE INSIST 2025

Four-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz icon Terri Lyne Carrington and GRAMMY®-nominated vocalist Christie Dashiell join forces for We Insist 2025, a bold and breathtaking reimagining of Max Roach’s 1960 civil rights masterpiece We Insist! Freedom Now Suite.

Oct 73 min read

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Little Simz Blossoms with LOTUS: A Sonic Rebirth Rooted in Truth and Transformation

Little Simz’s Lotus stands as her most expansive and revealing work yet — a 13-track odyssey of self-discovery, surrender, and rebirth. Rooted in honesty and daring experimentation,

Oct 32 min read

Global Trumpet Star Ibrahim Maalouf Celebrates Love and Legacy on THE TRUMPETS OF MICHEL-ANGE

French-Lebanese trumpet virtuoso and composer Ibrahim Maalouf unveils his newest work, THE TRUMPETS OF MICHEL-ANGE, a deeply personal project celebrating his Lebanese roots and ancestral heritage.

Sep 272 min read

Steven Oquendo’s Latin Jazz Orchestra Swings Into History on A CENTENNIAL SALUTE TO TITO & TITO

The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra steps boldly into the spotlight with their debut release, A Centennial Salute to Tito & Tito. Captured live at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club, the album is a spirited homage to the centennial anniversaries of two towering icons of Latin music: Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez.

Sep 212 min read

Brian Byrne Assembles All-Star Voices for Expansive Jazz Song Cycle SHE MUST GO

Brian Byrne’s She Must Go is a bold new jazz song cycle that fuses centuries of poetry with the immediacy of contemporary performance.

Sep 162 min read

From London to Lagos: BRIT Award Winner Ezra Collective Take the Groove Global with DANCE, NO ONE'S WATCHING

Ezra Collective, the groundbreaking UK jazz group, and 2023 Mercury Music Prize winners, return with their third studio album Dance, No One’s Watching.

Sep 152 min read

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A New Dawn in R&B: Sofia Rubina’s SOUL MORNING

With Soul Morning, Estonian soul-jazz vocalist Sofia Rubina delivers a track that feels like velvet from the very first note.

Sep 112 min read

Tierney Sutton, Charlier/Sourisse & Serge Merlaud on a firey red background posing

Tierney Sutton, Charlier/Sourisse and Serge Merlaud Shine Bright on TALKING TO THE SUN

Nine-time GRAMMY® nominee Tierney Sutton returns with Talking to the Sun, a luminous cross-cultural collaboration with the celebrated French jazz duo Charlier/Sourisse and guitarist Serge Merlaud.

Sep 92 min read

Jazz Vocalist Meltem Ege sitting in a chair with hand under her chin looking pensive.

From Turkey to L.A., Meltem Ege Finds Perfect Harmony with SOLITUDE

Jazz has always been a global language, and with her debut album Solitude, Turkish American vocalist Dr. Meltem Ege adds her own beautiful chapter to the story. Recorded in both the U.S. and Turkey, the album blends cultures and traditions seamlessly.

Sep 82 min read

Seven-time GRAMMY® Nominee Nnenna Freelon Finds Her Groove BENEATH THE SKIN

Celebrated jazz vocalist and seven-time GRAMMY® Award nominee Nnenna Freelon unveils her most personal project yet with Beneath the Skin, through Origin Records.

Sep 82 min read

Singer Alex Isley singing on the Blue Note stage in Los Angeles with blue curtains in the background.

The New Blue Note Los Angeles Hits All the Right Notes

Opening weekend at the brand-new Blue Note Jazz Club Los Angeles felt like a landmark moment, the kind of night you know you’ll be telling people about years down the road.

Aug 162 min read