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Herbie Hancock talked recently with WBGO's Pat Prescott about Miles, Wayne Shorter, and his upcoming NJPAC show. Here on The Art Of The Story, Ray Long presents the standout Wayne Shorter memory that Herbie shared.

We asked 137 jazz journalists to pick their favorite albums that came out this year. Out of over 700 nominees, here are their collective top 50 picks, along with top finishers in the Latin jazz, vocal, debut and reissue categories.

Jahari Stampley, a dazzling young pianist from Chicago, took first prize at the prestigious Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition, prevailing over a field of 10 other competitors.

Nublu Jazz Fest -2022

Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few

with

Tyrone Allen - Bass

T'shcer Holmes - Drums

This is an 21+ event

In Absence, 2018 USA Fellow, Oscar nominee, and five-time GRAMMY®-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard celebrates both the brilliance of jazz master Wayne Shorter's legacy and the inspiration he has given Blanchard, influencing his ever-expanding amalgam of music and storytelling. For this monumental task, Blanchard unites his internationally acclaimed band The E-Collective, featuring young musical pioneers Charles Altura on guitar, Fabian Almazan on piano and synthesizers, Oscar Seaton on drums, and David "DJ" Ginyard on bass, with the double-GRAMMY®-winning Turtle Island Quartet. The album ABSENCE, celebrating the music of Wayne Shorter, was released by Blue Note in late August.

West Side Story. Candide. On the Town. Leonard Bernstein composed some of the most memorable theater scores of his generation—but who was the man behind the music? Join us for a thought-provoking evening of Bernstein songs and stories in this edition of Conversations in Concert, hosted by theater insider Ted Chapin. Jamie Bernstein will pull back the curtain of her father’s complex persona, sharing intimate moments and childhood memories from her book, Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein. Jazz pianist Bill Charlap & the Bill Charlap Trio will perform Bernstein classics, including “America,” “Lucky To Be Me,” “Some Other Time,” “Glitter and be Gay,” “Somewhere,” and “Cool.” Don’t miss this joyful tribute to America’s most iconic composer-conductor.

The Django welcomes the Grammy award-winning Mingus Big Band to its stage every Monday night. The “city’s hardest big band (Time Out New York),” celebrates the music of composer/bassist Charles Mingus, who died in 1979. Under the artistic direction of Sue Mingus, this 14-piece band performed Thursday nights from 1991 to 2004 at Fez under Time Cafe in New York City. It maintained weekly performances in the city from May 2004 until October 2008, when it began "Mingus Mondays" at Jazz Standard where it alternated with the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. Mingus Mondays became a NYC institution and Monday night stronghold for over 12 years, halted only by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mingus Big Band tours extensively in the United States and abroad, and has 11 recordings to its credit, six of which have been nominated for Grammys.

Boricua Blues, written by Jose Mangual Jr for his father, continues Freeman’s series of Latinjazz/salsa concerts highlighting the bygone era of Latin music record distributors in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, the tradition of vibraphone in Latin music, and tributes to the music of high profile groups Freeman has been a part of for over two decades.

Mike Freeman - Vibraphone; Guido Gonzalez - Trumpet; Gabriel Vivas - Bass; Roberto Quintero - Congas; Joel Mateo - Drums; Jose Mangual Jr - Vocals, Bongos; JR DeJesus - Piano, Coro; Luis Soto - Guiro, Coro

Sponsored by the LMCC Creative Engagement and the Jazz Foundation

Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community Center is proud to present its first concert inside The Betty Carter Auditorium for the Arts. The Rome Neal Quintet features artists... Rome Neal (Vocalist), Andre Chez Lewis (Piano), Yoshi Waki (Bass), Phil Young (Drums) and Patience Higgins (Sax)As a Jazz Vocalist.

New to the Roadhouse Café, Mark Adamy is a multitalented keyboardist and vocalist who works with artists around the globe as a live performer and recording artist. This includes his own band: The Mark Adamy Band, which is a group of accomplished musicians that thrill listeners with original stylings fusing pop, rock, jazz, R&B, world, and spiritual music. Mark has won honors including Entertainer of the Year and Boston Music award nominations. He has shared the stage with greats like Chaka Khan, James Brown, The Four Tops, John-Lee Hooker, Pieces of a Dream, Howard Hewitt, Phil Driscoll, Phil Keaggy, Roger Humphries, and many others. Mark has played in many Broadway productions as well as music directing off-Broadway productions in NYC.