Remembering Those Lost in 2021
A farewell to those who left the jazz world in 2021 with music by John Patitucci and his wife Sachi.
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
John Hilderbrand
Longtime contemporary jazz fan and founder of ContemporaryJazz.com.
That Time Snoop Dogg Did Herbie Hancock
It was the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors. Snoop Dogg and a killer band with Marcus Miller and Terence Blanchard performed “Cantaloupe Island.”
Top Contemporary Jazz for 2001
Looking back 20 years, Billboard reported St. Germain as the top contemporary jazz artist for the year 2001, breaking a ten-year monopoly by Kenny G: A 10-year reign comes to an end in the recap of the Top Contemporary Jazz…
Animated Contemporary Jazz
Looks like Dave Koz published the 2020 livestream of The Greatest Hits of Christmas on Christmas Day 2021. This COVID-affected smooth jazz show has a segment with fun, animated versions of David Benoit, Peter White, Richard Elliot, Rick Braun, Jonathan…
Contemporary Jazz Notes: Jarreau, Metheny, Klugh
The late, great Al Jarreau will be immortalized Saturday at the American Jazz Walk of Fame in Kansas City, Mo. Five albums Pat Metheny can’t live without Book Review: Beneath Missouri Skies: Pat Metheny In Kansas City 1964-1972 at AllAboutJazz…