Milford Graves

Zach, who makes jazz/chamber music on his own, picked André 3000, Angel Bat Dawid, Thandi Ntuli, Matana Roberts, and more for his list.

NYC’s Vision Festival returns in 2021, happening July 22-31 with performances by Lifetime Achievement recipient Amina Claudine Myers, plus a Milford Graves tribute, Nicole Mitchell, James Blood Ulmer, Andrew Cyrille, Matthew Shipp, Ava Mendoza and more.

The renowned jazz percussionist had been suffering from amyloid cardiomyopathy. He was 79.

The 2019 Vision Festival kicked off on Tuesday (6/11) with a tribute to and performance by drummer and jazz great Andrew Cyrille who is this year’s Vision Lifetime Achievement honoree. Over the course of four hours, the 79-year-old drummer played eight different sets…

The 2019 edition of Raleigh, NC’s Hopscotch Festival happens Sept. 5-7 at venues all over the city and they’ve just announced the lineup, including the first announced Sleater-Kinney show of 2019.

SXSW Film Festival will also premiere The Last OG, the new series starring Tracy Morgan and created by Oscar nominee Jordan Peele; Netflix’s new hip hop documentary series Rapture; and more.

The awesome lineup also includes Jenny Hval, Juana Molina, Julie Byrne, Kelly Lee Owens, Laurel Halo, Lightning Bolt, Rostam, Sam Amidon, Steve Gunn, and still much more.

This year marks the Twentieth Anniversary of the Vision Festival. To celebrate this milestone Arts for Art (AFA) plans 6 days that sets the standard for creative FreeJazz music, dance, visual art and ideas, which embrace values that challenge and inf…

Thurston Moore w/ Chelsea Light Moving @ Maxwell’s (more by PSquared Photography) Thurston Moore will be playing a bunch of solo dates this spring, and while they’re mostly European gigs, he’ll tag Chicago for a special performance in March…