Jazz News

For a little while Friday night, Bonham was the jazz capitol of Texas, which is only fitting for the hometown of legendary jazz guitarist Charlie Christian.

OK, we're all busy people as we rocket through time and space on this rock that we call Earth, so I'll make this quick: The annual Sun Ra Solstice show! At least 2 hours of nothing but Sun Ra and the Cosmo Arkestra, the Space Jazz Arkestra, Supersonic Jazz Arkestra, The Myth Science Arkestra, The Astro Infiinity Arkestra, His Solar Arkestra, Astro ... (more)

GLASGOW'S first lady of jazz Carol Kidd will fly back to Scotland this month for an emotional homecoming gig.

The life of a jazz musician must be a somewhat humbling one. On stage, improvising, you're living on the edge in a way that few other performers do.

Guitarist Bill Frisell has created a sound all his own, fluid and languid at its core but capable of dissonant distortions and pointillistic precision, and he has flexible and eclectic tastes.

Looking for a way to start the week off on a high note and avoid the mid-week blues? Head to Metlox Plaza and the new Chez Soi Restaurant and Lounge for Jazz Tuesday every Tuesday night beginning at 7 p.m. A member of jazz-vocal group Manhattan Transfer for nearly two decades, Wayne has recorded several solo CDs and has performed worldwide with ... (more)

A larger-than-life bronzed sculpture of jazz great Miles Davis will be built in Alton's downtown entertainment district.

Tony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop.

Spike used to live in Little Oakley and performed in Harwich, appearing with the late, great Humphrey Lyttelton at Dovercourt's Phoenix Hotel in the late Seventies.

THE WANTED star NATHAN SYKES suffered an anxiety attack as he prepared to undergo vocal surgery in April , because he was so scared his career would be over at 20. Singer/actor HARRY CONNICK, JR.

Tonight Kyle is calling his show, "Ladies Night," you'll hear music by Bonnie Raitt, Joan Armatrading & more.

Singer/actor HARRY CONNICK, JR. has written a touching new song to honour the memory of jazz musician JIMMY GREENE's daughter, who was tragically killed in the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre last year .

The irony is multi-layered, considering the object of Jaffe's efforts was the New Orleans landmark of traditional jazz, Preservation Hall .

The ponytailed, unassuming director of the Eastman School of Music's New Jazz Ensemble was Ryan Truesdell's right-hand man in developing Truesdell's Grammy-winning Gil Evans Centennial Project.

There's a buzz of excitement in the air now the line-up for the Marlborough International Jazz Festival has been finalised.

From his days blowing trumpet for Art Blakey to his film scores for Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard has honed a signature sound as one of today's foremost composers of jazz.

Three exceptional clarinetists and the Midwest's talented Chicago Jazz Orchestra reminded Ravinia Festival audiences why the music of Benny Goodman still excites jazz and big band lovers decades after the "king of swing's" quartet drew a record attendance in 1973.

Counting the days until I head north for the annual Festival International de Jazz de MontrA©al - or, as it will be heretofore called for our U.S. readers: the Montreal Jazz Festival - I consider why my upcoming visit is still fraught with expectation.

It's Father's Day weekend - and instead of another tie, Weekend Edition Saturday is getting a slice of New Jersey Pizzarelli.

Born in Pittsburgh in 1921 , Errol Garner started playing piano at the age of two .