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A special message from Sonny Rollins , a presentation by poet Amiri Baraka , and performances by harpist Edmar Castaeda, singer/actress Paulette Dozier with pianist Danny Mixon, and the Zach Brock Trio will highlight the 2013 JJA Jazz Awards Party at the Blue Note Jazz Club on Wednesday, June 19, 4 to 6PM, where the Jazz Journalists Association ... (more)

Led by legendary trumpeter, composer, and multitalented cultural phenomenon Wynton Marsalis , the versatile Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates the 25th anniversary of JLCO with Philadelphia performance tonight, June 15 at 8 p.m. in Verizon Hall.

Tell anyone who knows his music that you're meeting the American vocalist Gregory Porter and they'll say, "Ask him about the hat".

A native Israeli, Gilad Hekselman has shared the stage with many international jazz greats and has played the Blue Note, The Jazz Gallery, Smalls, 55 Bar, Dizzy's Club, Minton's Playhouse, and toured in Switzerland, Japan, Scotland, Canada, Norway, Hungary, and Israel.

Jun. 12, 2013 - MANHATTAN, N.Y. -- New York, NY -- One of the most versatile artists of his time, Yasiin Bey has become an international sensation in theater, film, television, and the music industry.

The Town Hall presents Chucho Valds, playing selections from his new album, Border-Free.

The Grammy-winning pianist, who was named a UNESCO Artist for Peace at the end of 2012, has spent years working with desperately poor children in Panama.

June 06--Jazz is changing faces constantly, and that shifting appearance is one of the main features of the Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival.

World-renowned guitarist John McLaughlin, is set to begin his first U.S. tour in three years.

Get ready for some enticing entertainment and a month long of all that jazz. The Blue Note Jazz Festival, New York City's largest jazz festival, will return in 2013 with a full month jam packed with performances.

Electronic boops and beeps are the first thing you hear on bassist Michael Feinberg 's The Elvin Jones Project .

Taking its name from the famous New York jazz bar, The Blue Note is the brainchild of Martyn Marritt and his wife, Nina.

Time is one of those things that musicians don't really work on. They overlook it because they're practicing harmonic and melodic material all the time.

The Jazz Journalists Association will celebrate its 25th birthday and honor winners of its 17th annual 2013 Jazz Awards with a cocktails-plus-music party at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 W. 3rd St., New York City, from 4 to 6 pm on Wednesday, June 19.

In making Magnetic such a collaborative, free-flowing effort, Terence Blanchard has fashioned one of his most layered studio efforts ever.

At these three sessions in 1978 Hill created some of his most approachable music without compromising any of the recondite qualities that would define him.

The following announcement was submitted by Puffin Cultural Forum: Saxophonist and composer, Uri Gurvich, will present his new album, "BabEl," just released for the prestigious label Tzadik Records, as well as arrangements of traditional Jewish music.

One of today's foremost jazz musicians and composers Terence Blanchard's achievements have soared since his formative days in Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers to a trajectory of successful bands, recordings and award winning film scores such as 2007's A Tale of God's Will .

Jutta Hipp is another forgotten '50s jazz pianist with an odd past. She recorded briefly but gave up on jazz in 1956 for reasons that remain mysterious.