Apr 21, 2004 4:59 AM

Columbia/Legacy will release Happy Birthday Newport: 50 Swinging Years! on June 15. The three-disc box has unreleased…

Mar 23, 2004 11:02 AM

Legendary jazz artist and composer Alice Coltrane is putting the finishing touches on her first commercially released…

Feb 19, 2004 8:32 AM

Following the release of his Blue Note debut, The Magic Hour, Wynton Marsalis will tour with his quartet for the first…

Feb 19, 2004 8:31 AM

Concord Records and Ray Charles have inked a deal for Charles’ first new recording effort since 2001—an album of…

Feb 19, 2004 8:30 AM

William Parker’s Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra will celebrate its 10th anniversary with two performances on…

Feb 19, 2004 8:29 AM

Diana Krall will headline her fifth fundraiser for the Vancouver General Hospital’s Leukemia and Bone Marrow…

Feb 19, 2004 8:29 AM

On Feb. 16, Telarc Records announced the signing of an exclusive record deal with Junior Brown. His first album on…

Feb 19, 2004 8:28 AM

Guitarist Steve Vai’s record label, Favored Nations, has launched a jazz sub-label called Favored Nations Cool.

The…

Feb 4, 2004 9:53 AM

The second Jazz at Sunset spring concert series, produced by the Monterey Jazz Festival organizers, will take place…

Jan 28, 2004 7:28 AM

Marian McPartland and producer Orrin Keepnews will both receive 2004 Trustees awards from the National Academy of…