May 26, 2016 5:48 PM
Unheard Bird Features Dozens of Unreleased Charlie Parker Tracks
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s album Bird Calls (ACT), which topped the Jazz Album category in the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll,…
May 26, 2016 5:48 PM
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s album Bird Calls (ACT), which topped the Jazz Album category in the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll,…
May 26, 2016 5:45 PM
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, a groundbreaking reedist and social justice activist who built a reputation on his ability to play…
May 26, 2016 5:43 PM
Few people have followed jazz through more changes than Werner X. Uehlinger. Born in Switzerland in 1935, he first…
May 18, 2016 12:26 PM
Joe Temperley, an influential jazz musician whose virtuosic skill on the baritone saxophone and bass clarinet boosted…
May 18, 2016 11:39 AM
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, saxophonist Matana Roberts and pianist Fred Hersch are among the jazz artists recognized as…
May 1, 2016 8:26 AM
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted an all-star concert featuring Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Aretha…
Apr 25, 2016 10:32 AM
The Keith Hall Summer Drum Intensive, a camp designed for drummers at all skill levels, will present its 10th annual…
Apr 22, 2016 6:24 AM
Blues-rock guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Mack died on April 21 of natural causes at Centennial Medical Center near his…
Apr 21, 2016 9:01 AM
Prince, a singer-songwriter who mixed r&b, funk, rock and jazz elements into a style all his own, has died at the age…
Apr 20, 2016 11:55 AM
Long before he grew into the eclectic guitarist who counts Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, Lou Reed and Roswell Rudd…