Sep 24, 2008 8:46 AM

Mark Samuels, president and founder of New Orleans-based record label, Basin Street Records, has announced the label’s…

Sep 9, 2008 1:23 PM

The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the musical heritage of Latin jazz with the dedication of the Latin Jazz…

Sep 9, 2008 1:23 PM

Berklee will finish its outdoor concert series with the Bean Town Jazz Festival on Sept. 27. The free six-hour festival…

Sep 9, 2008 1:22 PM

Terence Blanchard will be joining Herbie Hancock’s three-month tour of Europe that kicks off Sept. 30 at the Opera…

Aug 28, 2008 9:54 AM

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will embark on its 2008 fall tour, entitled Big Band Bash,…

Aug 28, 2008 9:51 AM

Drummer Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy will kick off its fall 2008 tour on Oct. 2 with a performance at the Warren…

Aug 28, 2008 9:49 AM

Milton Nascimento has joined the Jobim Trio to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bossa nova with the Sept. 30 Blue Note…

Aug 26, 2008 11:44 AM

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation will hold auditions for its Don Jamison Heritage School of…

Aug 26, 2008 11:43 AM

Chicago harmonica ace Little Arthur Duncan died Aug. 20 at Kindred Hospital in Northlake, Ill. He was 74.

Born Feb. 5,…

Aug 26, 2008 11:41 AM

Jack Schantz is stepping down as artistic director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra to pursue other artistic and…