Winter Jazzfest

Nobody likes being typecast — and the UK-based percussionist Sarathy Korwar is no exception.But because he grew up in India and has a predilection for…

As Sonny Rollins once put it: “Come, Gone.”The 2020 Winter Jazzfest is now safely in our rearview, but the immersive experience lingers in the mind. WBGO…

New York City’s Winter JazzFest stretches to Brooklyn for the first time this year — arguably offering its best punch of innovative programming, with…

No two paths are alike through the Winter Jazzfest, which has been a fond ritual of musical overload for more than 15 years.As usual, the WBGO team hit…

The 2020 Winter Jazzfest, which runs through Jan. 18, presents myriad vantage points for music discovery.A new one this year was the Bowers & Wilkins…

Theo Croker vividly remembers his first lesson with Detroit’s brass hero Marcus Belgrave.It was an encounter that rattled Croker to his core — leaving him…

It’s time to start making your plans.After all, the Winter Jazzfest is right around the corner — and its wild profusion of sounds and scenes can feel…

Winter Jazzfest has come and gone, but the afterglow remains.WBGO had boots on the ground for the full festival sprawl, from Bilal's first yowl on opening…

Anniversaries can be a time for reflection, and taking stock of where we’ve been. So in celebration of WBGO's 40th anniversary, this episode of The…

This week’s Take Five is a supersize preview, featuring picks for Friday and Saturday nights. Winter Jazzfest kicked off last week and has only picked up…