The Art of the Story

After a two-year slowdown due to COVID, the Montreal International Jazz Festival is back in full this year, but not without some caveats. For The Art of the Story, Leo Sidran files some first impressions.

WBGO's Livestream Fundraising Event 2022, at 7 p.m. EDT on June 22, will celebrate women of influence — from musicians to management, community advocates to NEA Jazz Masters.

WBGO's Livestream Fundraising Event 2022, at 7 p.m. EDT on June 22, will celebrate women of influence — from musicians to management, community advocates to NEA Jazz Masters.

The Art of the Story checks in with vocalists Sara Serpa and Jen Shyu, co-founders of Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M3), about the organization's mission and inaugural festival, co-presented by Winter Jazzfest.

Trombonist and composer Grachan Moncur III, who died last week at 85, was a pillar of Newark's creative music legacy. The Art of the Story remembers him in his own words, from a 2007 conversation with Michael Bourne.

It has been more than two years since musicians played for an audience inside Smoke, the beloved Upper West Side jazz haunt. Now the club is about to reopen in expanded and renovated form.

Our online presentation features remarks from Wayne Shorter, along with testimonials from a starry array of his proteges and peers.

The 2022 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage features an impressive lineup of improvisers, on and off the 30th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival.