May 7, 2007 9:33 AM

Clarinetist Alvin Batiste died May 6 of an apparent heart attack. He was 74.

Batiste died only hours before he was…

May 7, 2007 9:33 AM

Blues harmonica player Carey Bell died May 6 of heart failure in Chicago. He was 70.

Bell was a veteran of both Muddy…

May 7, 2007 9:32 AM

The program of this summer’s Blue Note Records Festival in Ghent, Belgium, has been announced.

Artists scheduled to…

May 4, 2007 9:00 AM

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Millennium Park will present this summer the second year of the…

May 4, 2007 8:59 AM

Improvised and creative new musics have been on the upswing in recent
years, but listeners, critics and scholars have…

May 4, 2007 8:58 AM

The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has announced the lineup for its indoor program, which runs June…

May 3, 2007 7:49 AM

Contemporary Productions will release Maynard Ferguson’s final CD, The One And Only Maynard Ferguson, on May 4.

May 3, 2007 7:49 AM

Widow’s Taste will release Art Pepper’s The Last Concert on May 30 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Pepper’s last…

May 3, 2007 7:48 AM

Heads Up has announced the signing of Dutch alto-saxophonist/vocalist Candy Dulfer.

“Candy is such an incredible…

May 1, 2007 12:39 PM

George Gruntz, who turns 75 on June 24, is celebrating three-quarters of a century with a three-part European tour. The…