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Brian Bromberg: Of LaFaro and Reinvention
Driving into the San Bernardino National Forest, some 40 miles east of Los Angeles, the two-lane road snakes through…
May 29, 2024 12:21 PM
Driving into the San Bernardino National Forest, some 40 miles east of Los Angeles, the two-lane road snakes through…
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What Hilary Gardner wanted most growing up was to move to New York and sing jazz. But she lived in a small town in…
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May 21, 2024 12:58 PM
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May 21, 2024 12:43 PM
Applications are now being accepted for this year’s Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, open to solo…
May 14, 2024 3:13 PM
David Sanborn, the star alto saxophonist who masterfully straddled the realms of straightahead jazz, R&B, rock and…
May 14, 2024 12:27 PM
After a five-year hiatus from organizing a host city, International Jazz Day returned in full force this year in…
May 14, 2024 11:52 AM
The name of Estonia’s eight-day spring jazz festival, Jazzkaar, is a pun on an old word for “village party” as…