Musicians: Nate Smith, drums, arrangements Amma Whatt, vocals Jaleel Shaw, alto and soprano saxophone Brad Allen Williams, guitar John Cowherd, piano Fima Ephron, bass Sam Shoup, conductor Marcin Arendt, violin Marisa Polesky, violin Jessica Munson, violin Yennifer Correia, violin Beth Luscombe, viola Mario Williams, viola Mark Wallace, cello Kimberly Patterson cello.

Grande esibizione della cantante Dee Dee Bridgewater a Reggio Calabria nell'ambito di Reggio in Jazz 2016.

When Helen Sung played at Dizzy’s Club on March 1, 2020, the pianist never imagined it would be a full year before she returned to the stage. Just ten days later, Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic. Music venues around the world closed doors and all tours were canceled or postponed indefinitely. Like musicians and artists everywhere, Sung turned to arts organizations for support and was fortunate enough to receive grants to continue creating music.
In this concert — filmed at Dizzy’s on March 11, 2021 — Helen Sung and her quartet play several pieces ... continua

Jazz and the visual arts have always enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship. Last year the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis put that bond front and center with an ambitious original program called Portraits of America: A Jazz Story.
The concert featured new compositions by members of the orchestra, directly inspired by works in the collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. So in this special episode of Jazz Night in America, we'll not only hear the resulting music but also get inside the inspiration — ... continua

Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, prolific bassist Dave Holland and their international ensemble perform together as Crosscurrents, a musical exploration of the influence of Indian music on the jazz and rock scenes of the '60s.