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…

Jun 11, 2012 4:32 AM

Was it personal for you to be involved in a film about Charlie Parker, especially given the fact you’re both…

Jun 11, 2012 4:30 AM

A memorable night was in store on June 7, the first evening of a weeklong bebop master class at New York’s Jazz…

Jun 11, 2012 4:13 AM

Among its many virtues, including its status as one of the most important and longstanding avant garde festivals in all…

Jun 7, 2012 7:19 AM

The campgrounds of Costazul transformed into a bona fide “Cidade do Jazz” during the Rio Das Ostras Jazz & Blues…

Aug 11, 2009 5:51 AM

Henry Threadgill will release This Brings Us To (Pi) on Oct. 27. The disc will be the saxophonist’s first in eight…

Jul 29, 2009 6:46 AM

Composer, theoretician and pianist George Russell passed away on Monday, July 27, from complications due to…

Jul 21, 2009 7:37 AM

New York’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra has received a commission to compose and perform a new piece in honor of United…

Jul 14, 2009 9:14 AM

When Stevie Wonder opened this massive 30th edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival—which ended ticketed programming on…