Lakecia Benjamin

Jonathan Chimene and Mark Sheldon share photos from the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival, that featured Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Christian McBride and many others.

WBGO’s Nicole Sweeney talks with saxophonist and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin about her aptly titled album Phoenix and her recent life challenges.

WBGO’s Pat Prescott talks with pianist Christian Sands, music director of Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, about the upcoming tour and the event’s impact on his career.

During its first in-person edition since the start of the pandemic era, the Winter Jazzfest found familiar purpose and renewed conviction in delirious overabundance.

Lezlie Harrison will host WBGO’s kickoff event for its September On-Air Fund Drive.

Jazz United profiles a few emerging masters on the saxophone — musicians whose dedication, proficiency and poise represent a vital new chapter. It so happens that all three are women, and their example (among others) upends some longstanding prejudices around the sax.

Lakecia Benjamin hasn’t played with a band since mid-March. A saxophonist and bandleader unmistakably on the rise, she admits being hesitant to step…

Jazzfest Berlin has seen its share of changes since first taking flight, as Berliner Jazztage, in 1964.That inaugural edition is perhaps best known today…

Hear some new music that speaks clearly of human connection.Omer Avital’s Qantar, “Just Like the River Flows”Bassist and composer Omer Avital arrived in…

Lakecia Benjamin stepped out on faith to produce her latest work. So much so that she exhausted her savings to bring it to fruition.A saxophonist whose…