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Pollstar May 20

Montreal Jazz Festival Unveils Additions To Lineup Including Kamasi Washington And The Premiere Of Unreleased John Coltrane Recordings

Kamasi Washington John Coltrane MonoNeon Anaïs Cardot Diana Krall Lucinda Chua

PopMatters May 19

The Sound on ‘Bill Evans at the BBC’ Is Badly Distorted

Bill Evans Larry Bunker

Louder Sound May 19

"Of course it was a drug song. We were stoned when we wrote it!" The story of the psychedelic masterpiece inspired by John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar and a trans-Atlantic aeroplane flight

John Coltrane Ravi Shankar The Byrds The Beatles

All About Jazz May 19

Classic Jazz from Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, and others; recently released music from Steve Wilson, Snarky Puppy, and more

Sonny Rollins Kenny Dorham Steven Wilson Snarky Puppy Sarah Vaughan Billy Eckstine Gil Evans Billy Cobham Steve Turre George Braith

All About Jazz May 16

How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: Eight Miles High

John Coltrane The Byrds Grateful Dead Santana Elvis Presley Miles Davis

JazzTimes May 15

Personal History and Holy Existence in Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet

Joe Lovano Manfred Eicher Charlie Haden Wayne Shorter Billie Holiday

Jazzwise

Miles Davis at 100: BBC Radio 3 Announces Week-Long Celebration

Jazzwise

Introducing the May 2026 Issue of Jazzwise, featuring Miles Davis at 100

Jazzwise

Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane and Marcus Miller lead big jazz names at Gent Jazz 2026

Terence Blanchard Ravi Coltrane Marcus Miller

All About Jazz May 12

Les McCann and Me: Laughter, love, and the friendship that changed my life

All About Jazz May 12

South African Freedom Day! McCoy Mrubata And Siyabulela With Special Guest Steve Turre at Dizzy's Club

McCoy Mrubata Steve Turre Helen Sung Herbie Hancock Wayne Shorter Dizzy Gillespie Louis Armstrong Billie Holiday

All About Jazz May 12

Jazz Classics from Jackie McLean, Horace Silver and Others; Currents from Jacques Lesure, Billy Childs, and More

Jackie McLean Billy Childs Art Pepper Roy Hargrove Dianne Reeves Mary Lou Williams Dennis Chambers Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

All About Jazz May 10

Eddie Henderson's Miles Legacy At Mermaid Arts Centre

Eddie Henderson Miles Davis Dave Douglas Trish Clowes

All About Jazz May 10

Catherine Russell, Nat Reeves, Bobby Broom and John Beasley

Catherine Russell Bobby Broom John Beasley SWR Big Band Mal Waldron James Judson Federica Colangelo Mike McGinnis

JazzTimes May 9

No Place Like Home: Herbie Hancock Hosts International Jazz Day in His Native Chicago

Herbie Hancock Prince Aretha Franklin Leon Russell

Uproxx Music Mar 31

Laufey Teams With Lexus For A Tribute To Miles Davis And An Accompanying One-Of-One Custom Car

Laufey Lexus Miles Davis

Crack Magazine Nov 25

Montreux Jazz Festival and Southbank Centre announce 2026 residency celebrating Miles Davis

Miles Davis Theo Croker Children of Zeus corto.alto

PAN M 360 Jul 1

Wynton Marsalis, gardien du temple

Wynton Marsalis Thelonious Monk Billy Strayhorn Charles Mingus Kenny Dorham

Pollstar May 20

Montreal Jazz Festival Unveils Additions To Lineup Including Kamasi Washington And The Premiere Of Unreleased John Coltrane Recordings

Kamasi Washington John Coltrane MonoNeon Anaïs Cardot Diana Krall Lucinda Chua

Louder Sound May 19

"Of course it was a drug song. We were stoned when we wrote it!" The story of the psychedelic masterpiece inspired by John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar and a trans-Atlantic aeroplane flight

John Coltrane Ravi Shankar The Byrds The Beatles

All About Jazz May 16

How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: Eight Miles High

John Coltrane The Byrds Grateful Dead Santana Elvis Presley Miles Davis

Jazzwise

Miles Davis at 100: BBC Radio 3 Announces Week-Long Celebration

Jazzwise

Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane and Marcus Miller lead big jazz names at Gent Jazz 2026

Terence Blanchard Ravi Coltrane Marcus Miller

All About Jazz May 12

South African Freedom Day! McCoy Mrubata And Siyabulela With Special Guest Steve Turre at Dizzy's Club

McCoy Mrubata Steve Turre Helen Sung Herbie Hancock Wayne Shorter Dizzy Gillespie Louis Armstrong Billie Holiday

All About Jazz May 10

Eddie Henderson's Miles Legacy At Mermaid Arts Centre

Eddie Henderson Miles Davis Dave Douglas Trish Clowes

JazzTimes May 9

No Place Like Home: Herbie Hancock Hosts International Jazz Day in His Native Chicago

Herbie Hancock Prince Aretha Franklin Leon Russell

Crack Magazine Nov 25

Montreux Jazz Festival and Southbank Centre announce 2026 residency celebrating Miles Davis

Miles Davis Theo Croker Children of Zeus corto.alto

PopMatters May 19

The Sound on ‘Bill Evans at the BBC’ Is Badly Distorted

Bill Evans Larry Bunker

All About Jazz May 19

Classic Jazz from Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, and others; recently released music from Steve Wilson, Snarky Puppy, and more

Sonny Rollins Kenny Dorham Steven Wilson Snarky Puppy Sarah Vaughan Billy Eckstine Gil Evans Billy Cobham Steve Turre George Braith

JazzTimes May 15

Personal History and Holy Existence in Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet

Joe Lovano Manfred Eicher Charlie Haden Wayne Shorter Billie Holiday

Jazzwise

Introducing the May 2026 Issue of Jazzwise, featuring Miles Davis at 100

All About Jazz May 12

Les McCann and Me: Laughter, love, and the friendship that changed my life

All About Jazz May 12

Jazz Classics from Jackie McLean, Horace Silver and Others; Currents from Jacques Lesure, Billy Childs, and More

Jackie McLean Billy Childs Art Pepper Roy Hargrove Dianne Reeves Mary Lou Williams Dennis Chambers Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

All About Jazz May 10

Catherine Russell, Nat Reeves, Bobby Broom and John Beasley

Catherine Russell Bobby Broom John Beasley SWR Big Band Mal Waldron James Judson Federica Colangelo Mike McGinnis

Uproxx Music Mar 31

Laufey Teams With Lexus For A Tribute To Miles Davis And An Accompanying One-Of-One Custom Car

Laufey Lexus Miles Davis

PAN M 360 Jul 1

Wynton Marsalis, gardien du temple

Wynton Marsalis Thelonious Monk Billy Strayhorn Charles Mingus Kenny Dorham

End of hard bop

Overview

Celebrations mark the centenary of John Coltrane and birthdays of jazz icons like Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Charlie Haden, and Charles McPherson, while new releases from Terri Lyne Carrington+Social Science, Rachel Spencer, and reissues of Roland Hanna and Joshua Breakstone Quartet highlight ongoing creativity in the hard bop and modern jazz scenes.

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