Aug 10, 2012 5:38 AM

On July 28–29, the Central Avenue Jazz Festival occupied a freshly paved strip of nearly forgotten jazz history south…

Jul 30, 2012 6:42 AM

After two weeks of tributes and memorials, a crowd of 400–500 people said their final goodbyes to Treme Brass Band…

Jul 23, 2012 11:56 AM

A great artist can shrink a venue. During Diana Krall’s July 17 performance at Ravinia, the pianist/singer…

Jul 18, 2012 6:01 AM

The National Endowment for the Arts announced the names of the 2013 NEA Jazz Masters, the nation’s highest honor in…

Jul 17, 2012 9:44 AM

Picking up the baton from bassist Stanley Clarke—who served as the Invitation Series artist for the first four days of…

Jul 16, 2012 11:48 AM

It is a warm afternoon when tenor saxophonist Alex Lopez invites two good friends over to his apartment in…

Jul 2, 2012 10:14 AM

A free outdoor performance by pop artist Rufus Wainwright and two indoor concerts by veteran singer-songwriter James…

Jun 25, 2012 1:51 PM

Not far from the site of this year’s Olympics, the first Match & Fuse festival attracted a respectable turnout June…

Jun 25, 2012 9:18 AM

In the decades following World War II and the decline of the swing era, the query “Will the big bands ever come…

Jun 18, 2012 8:19 AM

In April 2011, the Board of Trustees for The Recording Academy enacted a sweeping change by slimming the number of…