Now, this one's absolutely true, I was there and it's never made the books. Monk's quartet came to NZ on his "64 world tour and I and my friend Frank Gibson had good seats at Auckland's beloved Town Hall to...

I was doing some reading the other night and came across an  essay by Ross Russell in the September 1960 issue of The Jazz Review. Russell, who had been owner of Dial Records, was reviewing a reissue of the Carnegie...

He may be Britain's top-selling jazz artist ever, but Jamie Cullum is infused with a pop soul that cut loose at Massey Hall Tuesday night.

The Somers Point Jazz Society presents its much anticipated Cape Bank Jazz@ThePoint Festival from Thursday, March 11, through Sunday, March 14, and of the many acts slated to play, the Jim Snidero Quartet is one with an accelerated level of...

Jazz great Tony Campise dies at 67

GREEN BAY -- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay instrumental and vocal jazz groups will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in University Theatre of Theatre Hall on campus.

Composer, conceptualist and multi-instrumentalist Ornette Coleman, b. March 9 1930, is widely known for "free jazz" -- which is routinely depicted as the most abstract and daunting music to emerge from the U.S. But this overlooks Ornette's deep roots in...

Tour Schedule: April 1 to January 1 AROUND MANHATTAN HISTORICAL JAZZ CRUISE Take a journey through time aboard this 'round Manhattan excursion that features live jazz music with historical background as you view the iconic skyline sites of Manhattan! Light...

Cotonou, an Atlantic port, is the largest city in the West African nation of Benin. It was there in the early '90s that a teenager named Lionel Loueke borrowed his brother's guitar and started playing in local dance bands. It...

Put this swinging Benny Goodman number in the time capsule.

Some artists are known as much for their originality as for their actual creations. Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard and choreographer Merce Cunningham made their reputations by relentlessly pursuing the new ? in the ...

Now, this ones absolutely true, I was there and its never made the books. Monks quartet came to NZ on his 64 world tour and I and my friend Frank Gibson had good seats at Aucklands beloved Town Hall to...

Last week, Speaker Charlie Parker chaired an all-party MLA meeting and got some good spending-control measures in place. I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of some of those measures. But how are these measures going to be implemented when...

Kansas City is looking to cut the budget of the already lean operations at the American Jazz Museum. This is a mistake that must be avoided. As a member of the Kansas International Film Festival Committee, I worked with the...

He described his band as excited, but totally terrified; to trod the same stage as Charlie Parker is like walking on clouds. With a few days off in Toronto before Fridays Atlanta show, Cullum is slated for an hour-long live-to-air...

Oliver Short, Finlay Ginnelly, Callum Chilvers, Luke Hyams, Scott Asman-Chambers and an own goal completed the final tally, while Charlie Parker was on target for the hosts.

The concert will feature the music of Schneider, her sister, Christine, and 2004 Charlie Parker Composition winner Darcy Argue. There is also a tribute to Michael Brecker. Jensen also will provide a free clinic, open to all, at 4 p.m....

The Vocal Jazz Ensemble directed by Christine Salerno will feature in four numbers, including Charlie Parkers My Little Suede Shoes. A faculty combo with Gaines, Chris and John Salerno, Stefan Hall, Craig Hanke and Ben Hogan will perform at ...

Teddy Charles is considered one of the great jazz vibraphonists and composers of all time, playing with such legends as Charlie Mingus, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. Thanks to the Jazz Foundation of America.

It was an important showcase for a jazz harmonica player (the first of his kind) and in November of that year, Toots jammed with Charlie Parker in Sweden. Toots emigrated to the U.S. in 1950, jamming regularly at Birdland in...

When he was only 25, the word legend was already being used to describe Stanley Clarke. Now, hes a king of the acoustic and electric jazz worlds, having won every major award available to a bass player. Hear an interview...

Whenever he took the stage, audiences were guaranteed a musical spectacle. Half mystic, half visionary, the pianist and bandleader charted a relentlessly adventurous course through the jazz tradition.

From the lighthearted and fancy to the haunting and grotesque, NPR station WDUQ highlights some spooky Halloween music you can listen to all year long. Hear jazz vocalists conjure different ghosts out of classic tunes, while horn players coax the...

The latest CD from New Orleans trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard is A Tale of Gods Will, whose subtitle is A Requiem for Katrina. Parts of the recording were heard in Spike Lees HBO documentary When the Levees Broke.

He was a sideman with the early stars of jazz, led one of the most admired bands on the swing era, and catalyzed the careers of musicians like Charles Mingus. All the while, Red Norvo was bringing the mallet instruments...

Reedman Buddy Collette has spent most of his music career on the West Coast, out of the national spotlight. But it would be a mistake to overlook his distinguished career as a jazz educator, activist, composer and, of course, phenomenal...

The legendary jazz pianist and composer is best known for his time in New York City, where he developed his eccentric musical genius. But 90 years ago today, Thelonious Monk was born in the Southern city of Rocky Mount, N.C.

Using dissonant chords, a keen sense of space and knotty, syncopated melodies, Monk created some of the most original and challenging American music of the 20th century. Now, 90 years after his birth, his legacy is as strong as ever.

The 50th Anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival proved to be a rousing success. 45,000 fans attended the historic event and all three days were sold out, a festival first. Hear some of the festivals greatest highlights in an audio...

Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and Elvis Presley arent a likely pairing: Chestnut is one of the top pianists of a generation born many years after songs like Love Me Tender made Presley the king of rock n roll. Hear an...

Philadelphia native Adam Dorn, a.k.a. Mocean Worker, has assembled a collection of Manhattans most revered underground soul, jazz and funk players to perform blissfully funky jazz rave-ups on his new album, Cinco de MoWo! Hear an interview and in-studio performance.

Few song stylists of any era are as immediately distinctive and arresting as Lady Day. Her rhythmic instinct for melodies brought vocals to the forefront of jazz expression. And her voice itself remains an influential, inimitable and incredible sound.

In Floratones The Passenger, Bill Frisells guitar sits front and center, teasing out references to gritty desert rock, Spaghetti Western soundtracks and even the slinky upstroke strums of dub and reggae. Inventive studio tricks add languid, ethereal atmosphere.

In a mid-50s jazz landscape increasingly dominated by bebops aftermath, the largely forgotten band Les Jazz Modes stood apart. Hoo-Tai finds the groups chops integrating deftly with its orchestral experiments, and the sum is a finely sculpted, acutely appealing jazz...

Queen Latifah has always followed her mothers simple advice: Dont put all your eggs in one basket. Her success in music and film has allowed her to do some less- commercial things she loves, like singing old jazz and RB...

The worlds longest-running jazz festival celebrates its golden anniversary with a specially commissioned piece by Gerald Wilson and performances by many jazz luminaries. Hear NPRs coverage and a selection of concerts recorded by WBGO.

Shanghais hedonistic nightlife and jazz music scene were once renowned throughout Asia -- before the Communist Party took power and punished jazz as a crime. But today, a small group of musicians are re-creating the sounds of the citys golden...

Jazz writer Ashley Kahn offers his observations of the three days of nonstop music that marked the 50th annual Monterey Jazz Festival in California. The giants of jazz came to play at Monterey, which featured performances by Gerald Wilson and...

Players from 17 high schools were chosen for the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. After studying to perform some of the most challenging big-band music available, the high-school all-stars perform alongside Terence Blanchard at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Bay Area disc jockey Jimmy Lyons got Brubeck to play piano for the Monterey City Council more than 50 years ago to convince it to put on a festival. The Monterey Jazz Festival is in its 50th year, and Brubeck...

I saw her Friday night in Chicago at the Jazz Showcase and was entranced. I saw her Monday night at...

Kurt Elling was award his first GRAMMY: the Best Vocal Jazz Album for his last release Dedicated to You: Kurt...

One of the worldrsquo;s premiere jazz orchestras will be in the Twin Cities for a performance at Orchestra Hall on...

He#39;s just committed to forming bands, working out the music with the same people, building a sound, a repertoire, an...

Irsquo;ve heard Copper Street Brass Quintet (http://www.copperstreetbrass.com/). Earlier this week I was talking with Dick Parker, a member of the...

The John Scofield quartet with Mulgrew Miller on piano, Ben Street on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums will be...

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Veteran singer to receive songwriting honor Phil Collins will get props for his writing chops when he receives the...

If you've ever done SXSW before, then you know about the music here in Austin. If you haven't, let us...

The two largest U.S. wireless carriers agree that the days of unlimited Internet cellphone access are numbered. A week...

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INVITES YOU TO TAKE A SEAT AT AN UPCOMING SHOW NEAR YOU New York, NY: Talented upstate NY-based musician TJAY has...

Purchase College's Nir Naaman has been selected by the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC as one of the international artists...

Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs, has received a 2009 Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded...

When astronauts land on Alpha Centauri, they will join a rave in progress. Under a sky without constellations, people of...

Brazilian phenomenon Ceu is returning to the US this Spring for the second time since her gorgeous sophomore album Vagarosa...