Newport Jazz Festival

Abbey Rader and John McMinn at PAX August 24

Free-Jazz Gurus Abbey Rader and John McMinn Get Wild at PAX August 24

Free-jazz wildman Abbey Rader.​The slick, jet-black spirit of cool jazz is embodied by the mythological street corner saxophonist. We picture him as a guy in fedora and shades, knees bent in ecstasy, torso shaking back and forth as his lungs push air through his pursed lips to rip forth some of th ... More >>

Celebrating Miles at Arsht Center February 25

Free-jazz wildman Abbey Rader.​The slick, jet-black spirit of cool jazz is embodied by the mythological street corner saxophonist. We picture him as a guy in fedora and shades, knees bent in ecstasy, torso shaking back and forth as his lungs push air through his pursed lips to rip forth some of th ... More >>

Wail With the Ghost of Miles Davis at the Arsht Center February 25

​The dude's been dead for two decades. But even so, jazz demigod, congenital rebel, and cocaine enthusiast Miles Davis looks like he's gonna have an incredibly packed 2011. Earlier this month, the trumpet-wielding master reissued the expanded Bitches Brew Live, a soul-scorching set of electrifi ... More >>

Playing It Safe

This was the JVC Jazz Festival's first year here, but the sounds were nothing new

Camilo's House

He's played for the President, been decorated by the Dominican Republic,and Michel Camilo can't stop smiling

What's Up, Doc?

Lonnie Smith moves from organ to piano, past to present

Perry and Thrust

At Blue Note the old music world's en garde for exploring