Mar 20, 2017 9:56 AM

The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter as its 2017…

Mar 16, 2017 5:17 PM

Blues harmonica master James Cotton died on March 16 of pneumonia at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas. He…

Mar 14, 2017 2:44 PM

Tommy LiPuma, legendary record executive and producer, died March 13 in New York after a brief illness. He was 80 years…

Mar 10, 2017 3:06 PM

For nearly three decades, the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest has brought top-tier jazz to the Silicon Valley. This year, the…

Mar 8, 2017 5:15 PM

Fans of singer-pianist Diana Krall will want to check out her elegant rendition of “Blue Skies,” which appears on…

Mar 8, 2017 5:04 PM

Vibraphonist Gary Burton, a perennial leader in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll, has announced his retirement from the…

Mar 3, 2017 4:43 PM

Pianist Misha Mengelberg, a towering figure in the world of free-jazz, died in Amsterdam on March 3. He was 81.

Early…

Mar 3, 2017 11:06 AM

Eric Miller, whose career as an engineer, archivist and producer put many milestones of jazz history into collectors’…

Mar 2, 2017 12:45 PM

Bassist-composer Linda May Han Oh will release Walk Against Wind, her fourth album as a leader and first for Biophilia…

Feb 28, 2017 3:13 PM

The DC Jazz Festival has announced the addition of Pat Metheny to its illustrious lineup of headliners.

The…