Sep 26, 2007 5:15 AM

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named roots musician Corey Harris one of the 24 recipients of its…

Sep 25, 2007 9:57 AM

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music will celebrate the 90th birthday of Thelonius Monk with two October…

Sep 25, 2007 9:48 AM

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc., has awarded $350,000 to 97 arts and education projects…

Sep 24, 2007 5:53 AM

DownBeat contributor Jimmy Katz has released a book of jazz photographs taken over the last 20 years. The American…

Sep 24, 2007 5:19 AM

Birdland is set to host the eighth annual Django Reinhardt Festival from Nov. 6-11 in New York.

This year’s event will…

Sep 21, 2007 6:45 AM

The new Yoshi’s jazz club and restaurant in San Francisco will start things off with a bang at its November grand…

Sep 21, 2007 6:22 AM

Eagle Vision has released Improvisation, a Norman Granz film that includes rare footage of saxophonists Charlie Parker…

Sep 21, 2007 5:48 AM

Rhino Records will release Aretha Franklin’s Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul on…

Sep 21, 2007 5:36 AM

If you’ve ever wanted to show Ornette Coleman what you’ve got, this is your opportunity.

Coleman is one of the judges…

Sep 19, 2007 8:52 AM

Pianist McCoy Tyner has released his latest CD, Quartet, on his new label, McCoy Tyner Music.

The live date from the…