Jazz

Matti Caspi laid to rest as family and artists gather to honor his legacy

In an emotionally charged ceremony, hundreds of family members, friends, and figures from the cultural world arrived today at the Kfar Saba cemetery to accompany Matti Caspi on his final journey.

Family members and friends attend a funeral service for Israeli singer and composer Mati Caspi, who passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer, in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026.
The Michael Greilsammer Trio.

The alchemist of the strings: Michael Greilsammer returns to Jerusalem

Shyfrin (center) at Abbey Road Studios with producer Mike Hedges (L) and arranger Fred Luzignant

Music, kabbalah, and time: Inside Eduard Shyfrin’s kabbalistic soundscape

The newly added lettering for US President Donald Trump's name is displayed at the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, US, December 19, 2025

Veteran Jazz ensemble cancel New Year’s show over Trump Kennedy Center renaming


Israeli Jazz Musician Ilan Bar Lavi performs at the Polanco Jazz Festival in Mexico City

The Polanco Jazz Festival is one of Mexico’s most important jazz festivals

 Jazz Musician Ilan Bar Lavi

Music is music at this year's Tzlilei Stav music festival

Tzlilei Stav started out at Tefen in 2016, moving on to Ein Kerem for a couple of years before ending up in Abu Gosh.

 SOPRANO NOUR Darwish will be featured at the Tzlilei Stav (Fall Sounds) Festival.

Grapevine October 14 2022: The call of Bahrain

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef share a humorous moment in the rabbi’s sukkah.

‘I Am A Guitar’ international festival unveils the riches of Polish classical guitar music

Polish strings attached: Kowalski’s festival concert at Tzavta should be thoroughly entertaining, engaging, enlightening and pretty exciting, too.

 ACCLAIMED POLISH guitarist Mateusz Kowalski will be appearing in the I Am A Guitar festival, this month.

Legendary pop band Police get some Irish jazzy Jaffa joy

Cork, Ireland-based Dunlea is one of the stars at this year’s International Jaffa Jazz Festival, the seventh edition of which takes place at ZOA House in Tel Aviv October 13-15.

 IRELAND-BASED Paul Dunlea, one of the stars at this year’s International Jaffa Jazz Festival

Polish Jazz Festival returns to Israel for the third time

The third annual Polish Jazz Festival takes place this week at the Gray Club in Tel Aviv (September 13-15), under the artistic directorship of Barak Weiss.

 SAXOPHONIST Marta Wajdzik: There is a huge number of great musicians from Poland.

The Red Sea Jazz Festival returns

The three-day program, scheduled for the weekend of November 10-12, takes in a mix of stellar acts and younger kids on the musical block. 

 JACOB COLLIER

The Israeli jazz singer Daphna Levy performed at Bansko Jazz Festival

Last month, the Israeli singer Daphna Levy took over the stage of the famous Bansko Jazz Festival and fascinated the audience with her incredible performance together with her band.

 Jazz festival in Bansko

Mattan Klein sounds off at Serbian jazz festival


Israeli Music rocks the Roman Colosseum