Aug 15, 2006 11:01 AM

Singer Cassandra Wilson has announced the dates for her upcoming tour in conjunction with her recent release, …

Aug 11, 2006 9:37 AM

A new boxed set of John Coltrane’s Prestige recordings will be released on Sept. 23 to commemorate what would have been…

Aug 11, 2006 9:27 AM

Boston’s BeanTown Jazz Festival will be held from Sept. 29–Oct. 1. Now in its sixth year, Berklee College of Music…

Aug 8, 2006 10:36 AM

Brazilian composer and arranger Moacir Santos died in Pasadena, Calif., on Aug. 6. He was 80.

Santos began arranging on…

Aug 8, 2006 10:24 AM

A collection of 12 recently discovered performances from percussionist Willie Bobo is being released as Lost And Found…

Aug 4, 2006 11:18 AM

The Robert Cray band will release its first live recording, Live From Across The Pond on Sept. 12.

This double disc…

Aug 4, 2006 11:12 AM

The Cape May Jazz Festival will bring 30 New Orleans musicians to New Jersey for its fall festival from Nov. 10–12.

Jul 25, 2006 11:58 AM

One more format is digging into Blue Note’s classic jazz catalog as the label is now releasing some of its most famous…

Jul 25, 2006 11:48 AM

Blues singer Jessie Mae Hemphill died on July 22 in Memphis. She was 71.

Hemphill learned the music as she was growing…

Jul 20, 2006 12:34 PM

Trumpeter Malachi Thompson died on July 16 at his home in Chicago after a lengthy battle against leukemia. He was 56.