Aug 16, 2006 10:11 AM

Brooklyn’s Barbès club will feature artists with new releases on the Portuguese Clean Feed label at its festival Sept.…

Aug 16, 2006 10:06 AM

A mid-1960s concert of Charles Mingus’ octet is to be released on Sept. 26 as Music Written For Monterey 1965 Not…

Aug 15, 2006 11:07 AM

The 14th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival will be held on Saturday, Aug. 26, and Sunday, Aug. 27 at two locations in…

Aug 15, 2006 11:01 AM

Singer Cassandra Wilson has announced the dates for her upcoming tour in conjunction with her recent release, …

Aug 11, 2006 9:37 AM

A new boxed set of John Coltrane’s Prestige recordings will be released on Sept. 23 to commemorate what would have been…

Aug 11, 2006 9:27 AM

Boston’s BeanTown Jazz Festival will be held from Sept. 29–Oct. 1. Now in its sixth year, Berklee College of Music…

Aug 8, 2006 10:36 AM

Brazilian composer and arranger Moacir Santos died in Pasadena, Calif., on Aug. 6. He was 80.

Santos began arranging on…

Aug 8, 2006 10:24 AM

A collection of 12 recently discovered performances from percussionist Willie Bobo is being released as Lost And Found…

Aug 4, 2006 11:18 AM

The Robert Cray band will release its first live recording, Live From Across The Pond on Sept. 12.

This double disc…

Aug 4, 2006 11:12 AM

The Cape May Jazz Festival will bring 30 New Orleans musicians to New Jersey for its fall festival from Nov. 10–12.