Sep 14, 2007 11:49 AM

Trumpeter Stanley Jordan has signed with the Detroit-based Mack Avenue Records.

His first album on the imprint was…

Sep 13, 2007 8:23 AM

A reporter who interviewed Louis Armstrong in 1957, when the trumpeter famously criticized President Dwight Eisenhower…

Sep 13, 2007 7:46 AM

Medeski Martin & Wood plans to release an album of children’s music later this year, entitled Let’s Go Everywhere.

The…

Sep 13, 2007 5:17 AM

The PianoForte Foundation in Chicago will present four piano masterclasses in conjunction with its 2007-‘08 Jazz Salon…

Sep 11, 2007 7:16 AM

Keyboardist Joe Zawinul, who played with Miles Davis and won wide acclaim for his work with Weather Report, died…

Sep 11, 2007 7:16 AM

Boogie Woogie Big Time: Joe Zawinul Gives His Weather Report Songbook its First Big Band Recordings

By Josef Woodard…

Sep 11, 2007 7:15 AM

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation will present a new festival later this month on the city’s storied Congo…

Sep 11, 2007 6:50 AM

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will perform “Sketches of Gil Evans,” a concert tribute to…

Sep 10, 2007 7:11 AM

Sonny Rollins celebrated his 77th birthday Friday, and his web site underwent a facelift to coincide with the occasion.…

Sep 10, 2007 6:03 AM

The U.S. Virgin Islands’ Blue Bay Jazz Fest will play host to several top New Orleans musicians in November, event…