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Alan Broadbent, left, Kurt Elling, Christian McBride , John Handy and Joshua Redman perform Tuesday at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd brings his brilliant New Quartet, featuring pianist Jason Moran, bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Eric Harland, to Town Hall Seattle , 1119 Eighth Ave , at 7:30pm, December 6th, 2009 .

All Songs Considered 's list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade begins with composer John Adams and runs through Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

Alonzo King Lines Ballet with Jason Moran, Special 2010 Lines Ballet Calendar Gift for October 31st Ticket Holders! THE FIRST 350 TICKET HOLDERS FOR OUR OCTOBER 31ST PERFORMANCE, WILL RECEIVE A BEAUTIFUL, 2010 LINES BALLET CALENDAR.

There's a whiff of pensive yearning, even nostalgia, to "Refraction," which Alonzo King's Lines Ballet premiered on Friday night at the Yerba Buena Center's Novellus Theater.

The conversation is quiet but characteristically intense as Alonzo King and his dancers try to work out the shape of the rehearsal periods for the day.

Overtone Quartet October 10, 2009 Washington, D.C. The Overtone Quarter played together as a group for the first time in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater Saturday.

Should I pretend I'm back in college and attend a convocation at 11 a.m. on a weekday? Yes, if the featured speaker/performer is pianist/composer Jason Moran .

Jazz Vijay Iyer Trio, "Historicity" . The most exciting new jazz pianist to come along since Jason Moran and D. D. Jackson, Iyer, at the age of 38, is the great current pianist in the rhapsodic Andrew Hill wing of the great percussive piano tradition .

Sorry to post something likely of interest only to a limited subset of readers - jazz fans who live in the Washington DC area - but I recently learned that there are still tickets available for a truly marvelous concert at the Kennedy Center October 10: The Overtone Quartet , a group comprised of Chris Potter , Jason Moran , Dave Holland , and Eric ...

Larry retired from teachng college journalism after over 20 years, coming to teaching from 15 years in the newspaper business working for Ridder-Johns Newspapers.

John Egizi plays trombone with the Los Angeles County High School For The Arts Jazz Ensemble "A," on the main stage at Monterey Jazz Festival on Sunday.

Pianist/composer Jason Moran will debut his commissioned piece A'FeedbackA' Sunday night.

I don't imagine the Eric Revis Quartet was assembled with reconciliation in mind, but to a hobbled veteran of the Jazz Wars -the squabbles and skirmishes over the music's boundaries that raged throughout the '80s, '90s, and early aughts-the lineup would look like an improvising West-Eastern Divan Orchestra .

There are few musicians in jazz with a more untroubled sense of leadership than the bassist Dave Holland.

The 2009-2010 Jazz at Symphony Center concert series, presenting both living legends and today's top talent, gets underway with two exceptional programs in October.

The Monterey Jazz Festival is a tonic, a seasonal pleasure - with the friendly crowds, the profusion of great music.

The new Monterey Jazz Quartet release, Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival - is out today on Concord Records / Monterey Jazz Festival Records .

Blood From Stars With his work as both producer and a songwriter overlapping and informing one another, it's only natural that the blues found their way onto Henry's latest album after he most recently produced albums for Allen Toussaint and Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

INTERVIEWING OTIS TAYLOR IS A LOT LIKE a game of cat and mouse. Ask the 61- year-old Denver, Colorado, native how he developed his singular style - a blend of droning, mesmerizing "trance blues" guitar and gritty, sonorous vocals - and he's either evasive or claims ignorance.