Feb 25, 2002 9:19 AM

Blue Note recording artist singer/pianist Norah Jones is scheduled to tour in support the Feb. 26 release of her debut…

Feb 22, 2002 12:34 PM

In 1958, Duke Ellington, with the aid of Billy Strayhorn, wrote 22 songs for a Broadway musical entitled Saturday…

Feb 22, 2002 12:33 PM

The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, is in currently full swing. The…

Feb 22, 2002 12:32 PM

On Feb. 26, two new ECM albums are set to hit the street: John Abercrombie’s Cat ‘N’ Mouse and Invisible Nature: Live…

Feb 21, 2002 7:14 AM

The news that the Italian Instabile Orchestra’s (IIO) placed first in the Big Band TDWR category of the 2001 Down Beat…

Feb 15, 2002 10:31 AM

The French Lick Springs Jazz Festival has a lot to celebrate this year. The annual jazz festivities will take place…

Feb 15, 2002 10:29 AM

The Louis Armstrong House & Archives has a newly redesigned web site, www.stachmo.net. Designed by Alf Interactive and…

Feb 13, 2002 10:33 AM

Branford Marsalis has announced the formation of Marsalis Music, a new record label designed to provide a home for…

Feb 13, 2002 10:33 AM

The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, a Chicago-based trio known for its innovative musical approach consisting of a drum and…

Feb 12, 2002 12:56 PM

Baritone Sax great Nick Brignola died at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y., on Feb. 8, after a long battle with…