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.

|ByMOSHE COHEN/MAARIV
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

From classical foundations to Caribbean reggae and cinematic themes, Michael Greilsammer brings his musical odyssey home to Jerusalem.

|ByNERIA BARR
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

In his latest album, Eduard Shyfrin weaves contemporary music with the spiritual depth of Jewish mysticism, creating a deeply reflective listening experience.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM
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

"Jazz was born from struggle and from an insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, and of the full human voice," the group said, justifying the decision over Kennedy's renaming.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The winter edition of the Red Sea Jazz Festival returns

As expected, there is a wide range of musical fare in the three-day pipeline.

DECEMBER 26, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
JAZZMEIA HORN

Mitzpe Ramon hosts top musicians, both local and from Japan

The seventh edition of the Jazz on the Edge festival takes place December 28-31, under the artistic aegis of internationally renowned bassist Ehud Ettun

DECEMBER 24, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
EHUD ETTUN with Haruka Yabuno

Israeli singer brings jazz to the heart of Montenegro

DECEMBER 19, 2022By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Tel Aviv Jazz Festival is back and booming

With free entry to all, the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival takes place with the support of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality at Romano House with an amazing lineup.

DECEMBER 17, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
A musician plays a trombone during the first day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana April 25, 2014.

Annual International Music Showcase Festival unveils a slew of local artists

Junichi Harada, founder of the Japanese offshoot of the feted Geneva, Switzerland-based Montreux Jazz Festival, says he is looking forward to coming for the Showcase.

NOVEMBER 22, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
JUNICHI HARADA, founder of the Japanese offshoot of the Montreux Jazz Festival, says he is looking forward to coming for the International Music Showcase Festival

Avishai Cohen Plays Belgrade Jazz Festival

NOVEMBER 20, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Dennis Chambers set to light up this year's Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat

Chambers will be performing at the Red Sea Jass Festival in Eilat November 10-12, along with United States-based Ukrainian-born Israeli pianist Ruslan Sirota.

NOVEMBER 8, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
DENNIS CHAMBERS

We cannot plan our life

Sitting down with nonagenarian pianist and jazz singer Juanita Cohen Smith, who has kept her audiences hypnotized for nearly eight decades

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByBASIA MONKA
JUANITA IN concert at Tel Aviv’s Beit Ha’amudim, August 2022.

Yemen Blues lights up Latvia

NOVEMBER 2, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Quiana Lynell brings New Orleans flavor to Israel's Hot Jazz series

The forthcoming local tour will offer us a pungent and infectious whiff of early New Orleans jazz, when joyous and eminently danceable sounds and rhythms were the order of the day

OCTOBER 31, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
JAZZ SINGER Quiana Lynell – performing at eight shows around the country.