Big-Band News

The director of the Ohio State University Marching Band, Dr. John Wood, made a special stop in Mansfield Thursday.

The Helios Jazz Orchestra performs Sunday, July 12, 3 p.m., at the Palladium Theater, 253 Fifth Ave.

Toshiko Akiyoshi & Lew Tabackin Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band: Mosaic Select Mosaic Records 2008 Jazz was never more schizophrenic than in the 1970s.

The Norm Hathaway Big Band was formed to play the music of an era in an authentic style that would appeal to audiences young and old.

The Plymouth Community Youth Orchestra will have its second summer camp session next week in the Riverside Intermediate School band room.

Elijah Wald is a sharp, fair critic eager to right the record on popular music and the idolatry that often shields it from clear analysis.

BY TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM A celebration of liberty and the recognition of members of the armed services are the pivotal elements for Johnstown's annual Independence Day celebration Saturday at Point Stadium.

TRUMPETER Ryan Quigley is on a roll right now, following recent wins at the Scottish Jazz Awards and the Parliamentary Jazz Awards with this debut as leader of his own big band, a considerable undertaking these days.

Crazy for You, the 1992 homage to the Gershwin brothers' 1930 musical Girl Crazy , is rockin' the rafters at Theatre By the Sea .

Music lovers heard a page from the American songbook on the stage at the Paramount Arts Center Friday evening as six musicians joined for the first time for the first of three concerts in the Jazz Alley series.

Michael Ignatieff held his first media garden party at Stornoway since becoming Liberal leader.

Hundreds of jazz lovers revelled in the summer sunshine at a special outdoor music concert.

ROB McConnell knows how to get an audience to its feet at the end of a concert. He performs a jazzy version of O Canada as an encore.

By CHRIS SHULL FORT WORTH - It's hard to be sad when listening to big band music.

Located on the shores of Lake Tahoe at the historic Tallac Site, the Valhalla Arts and Music Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary festival season beginning this weekend with a summer-long entertainment series.

Oberlin summer concertsE.T. King kicked off Oberlin's 17th Annual Summer Concert Series last Friday.

In an effort to energize one of the city's most vibrant commercial corridors, the Plainwood Square Merchants' Association on Thursday evening will host the first of two free outdoor concerts in Plainwood Square Park on South Avenue.

Trumpet and Trombone Auditions for York College Summer Jazz Program This Friday, 6/12 @ 3-6 P.M. Calling all NYC public high school trumpet and trombone players! The York College Summer Jazz Program still needs brass!!! If you are a NYC public high schooler who plays trumpet or trombone, consider earning 5-college credits this summer studying jazz ...

Summertime, and the living is easy, George and Ira Gershwin tell us. But tell that to someone trying to decide on which sunscreen to purchase.

In jazz terminology, it's known as "call and response": The trumpet section plays a few notes, which are answered immediately by the saxophones.