Nov 21, 2008 11:30 AM

Jaco Pastorius be feted during Jacofest at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York from Nov. 20–23. The event will serve as…

Nov 21, 2008 11:29 AM

Basin Street Records President Mark Samuels has announced that the recording label signed an exclusive recording…

Nov 10, 2008 11:18 AM

Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs announced today the…

Nov 10, 2008 11:18 AM

South African vocalist Miriam Makeba, one of Africa’s best known voices and a lifelong champion of the fight against…

Nov 10, 2008 11:16 AM

The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE), under the artistic direction of Jon Faddis, has named Dana Hall as its music director…

Nov 5, 2008 6:18 AM

Saxophonist Gary Smulyan has announced plans to release a new album, High Noon: The Jazz Soul Of Frankie Laine…

Nov 5, 2008 6:16 AM

Keith Jarrett returns to New York’s Carnegie Hall on Jan. 29, 2009, for a rare solo piano concert featuring an entire…

Nov 5, 2008 6:15 AM

The Morrison Hotel Gallery and Sony Music’s ICON Collectibles will present “The Genius Of Miles Davis ... The Columbia…

Nov 5, 2008 6:14 AM

The Bad Plus will release its latest album, For All I Care (Heads Up) on Feb. 3, 2009, along with a limited-edition,…

Oct 24, 2008 9:50 AM

Bassist Christian McBride has signed with Mack Avenue Records. For the label, McBride has begun assembling like-minded…