Nov 3, 2006 10:57 AM

Samuel L. Jackson, who may be best known for his role as a hit man in Pulp Fiction , will potray a fictional blues…

Nov 2, 2006 11:31 AM

Guitarist Chuck Loeb has signed to Heads Up and will release his next disc, Presence on the label on Jan. 23, 2007.…

Nov 2, 2006 11:26 AM

On Nov. 7, Riverside Records, now an imprint of the Concord Music Group, will release a compilation series of the jazz…

Oct 30, 2006 9:18 AM

Tampere, Finland, will host the 25th international Tampere Jazz Happening Nov. 2–5.

The event will begin on Nov. 2…

Oct 30, 2006 9:16 AM

Anti Records will release Tom Waits’ new album Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards, a three-disc set featuring 54…

Oct 30, 2006 9:13 AM

In The Country will release Losing Stones, Collecting Bones (Rune Grammofon), the trio’s follow-up to its 2005 debut,…

Oct 30, 2006 9:10 AM

Harry Connick Jr. has two new albums set for release: Oh, My NOLA and Chanson Du Vieux Carré, on Columbia Records and…

Oct 20, 2006 9:59 AM

The San Francisco Jazz Festival opens tonight with Sonny Rollins’ performance at the Masonic Center.

This year’s event…

Oct 20, 2006 9:42 AM

Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa has released his new disc, Codebook (Pi), which is his follow-up to Mother Tongue …

Oct 19, 2006 7:12 AM

Trombonist Roswell Rudd will tour nine U.S. cities with Badma Khanda’s Mongolian Buryat Band in October and November.…