Dan Tepfer

Conversations with Bill McHenry, Didi Gutman, John Dryden, Dan Tepfer, Jamie Breiwick, and Randy Ingram with Aubrey Johnson, collected around the world this year.

Last March, the jazz capital of the world became a ghost town. The Checkout attempts to bring some joy as we look back on a certifiably frightening year, with highlights from Nduduzo Mahkatini, Thana Alexa, Brad Mehldau, Dan Tepfer and more.

Among the countless things made difficult by the pandemic is the act of making music together. As we’ve discussed here before, pianist Dan Tepfer devised…

Here's a seemingly simple question: Can musicians in quarantine play music together over an Internet connection? We've migrated birthday parties, happy…

Here's a seemingly simple question: Can musicians in quarantine play music together over an Internet connection? We've migrated birthday parties, happy…

For musicians who want to play together while following social distancing guidelines, the solution goes beyond a Zoom call. Pianist Dan Tepfer leads us down the technological rabbit hole.

Real-time dialogue is at the heart of improvisation — and it has been all but impossible in an era of social distancing.The limits of our technology, and…

At one point during Dan Tepfer’s solo concert at the Yamaha Salon, I remarked that the occasion felt like a family reunion.This was an acknowledgment of…

Dan Tepfer is a jazz pianist whose newest project, Natural Machines, brings virtual reality and algorithmic learning into the realm of the concert hall.…

Lee Konitz & Dan Tepfer, “Through the Tunnel”The alto saxophonist Lee Konitz is 90 — an NEA Jazz Master, an alumnus of both the Tristano School and The…