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Big bands lost a true and loyal friend when Tommy Newsom died April 28 of liver and bladder cancer at age seventy-eight. Newsom, who gained a measure of fame as the butt of host Johnny Carson's jokes on The Tonight Show about his presumably drab personality and outfits to match, was a superb saxophonist and arranger who was a member of Doc ... (more)

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best and oldest mainstream jazz festivals in the entire northeast.

In his autobiography Malcolm X described the first time he heard "Flying Home. "People kept shouting for Hamp's "Flying Home and finally he did it.

Embark on a journey to a musical island just north of Scottsdale where you can explore the world without ever stepping on a plane.A The Musical Instrument Museum has an impressive array of instruments and artifacts from over 200 countries, exhibits on musical icons like Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong and a chance to bang a gong, strum a Burmese ... (more)

A woman who spent decades behind the scenes as a mover and shaker in the jazz world was bid a fond farewell thursday with a special tribute concert at jazz at lincoln center.

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best and oldest mainstream jazz festivals in the entire northeast.

Composer and musician Bob Haggart worked with jazz's greats during the course of his 60-year career.

Gil Evans was a slow arranger. He tended to agonize over charts&#151at times missing deadlines as he pushed to make bigger impressionistic statements, set off more romantic contrasts or simply wound up entangled in revisions.

Even the best-laid plans don't always work out the way one wants them to. Betty and I had tickets November 12 to see and hear the great Eddie Daniels perform with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.

Rose and George Spatola of Raleigh dance to the music of the Tune Swingers Orchestra, a local group that performs big band music, during a dance on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at St.

New exhibition Phoenix: The Musical Instrument Museum will showcase all that jazz in a new, mostly permanent exhibition that opens Saturday and includes unreleased performance footage, photos and instruments, forming one of the museum's largest genre exhibits.

In the early '90s, after democracy was restored in Chile, young Ana moved to Santiago.

George Cole, the guy who taught Billie Joe Armstrong to play guitar, now is schooling listeners in the six-string gypsy-jazz charms of Django Reinhardt.

Party, baby : A Teen Anti-Prom will be held at 7 p.m. today at Land O' Lakes Branch Library, 2818 Collier Parkway.

Concert goers were treated to a stunning performance Thursday evening, May 3rd in Hayes Hall at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts.

It was dubbed Century 21 and the theme was the Space Age. But the exposition brought cultural amusements of all kinds, from art to theater to opera.

Tony Scott is an acquired taste, much like squid-ink pasta or amaro. At first, the sound of his clarinet will seem uneven, as though you're listening to someone who just started to play the instrument.

If the members of the string ensemble Accordo, who ended their third season this week, had done little more than schedule their performances on Monday evenings, they would still have won the affection of local concertgoers .

Stroll past 520 S. Michigan Avenue and you could be forgiven for ignoring the hotel there.

The Brattleboro Women's Chorus, with more than 60 women directed by Becky Graber, will present "Enjoy Your Life," its 16th annual Mothers' Day weekend concerts on May 12 and 13, with several special guests.