Oct 29, 2002 9:34 AM

On October 31, Mayor Michael Bloomberg will proclaim it “Illinois Jacquet Day” in the City of New York. The…

Oct 29, 2002 6:16 AM

The William Paterson University Jazz Room Series continues the celebration of its 25th anniversary season with a…

Oct 29, 2002 6:04 AM

The first St. Martin Gourmet-Jazz Festival will celebrate music and the culinary arts in a uniquely St. Martin fashion…

Oct 23, 2002 8:12 AM

Mosaic Records has released The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions in celebration of the guitarist’s…

Oct 23, 2002 8:02 AM

A landmark jazz recording recently reached a landmark of its own as the Recording Industry Association of America…

Oct 23, 2002 8:02 AM

The 2002 edition of “A Patch of Fertile Ground,” a genre-blending festival of jazz and other forms of improvised music…

Oct 10, 2002 7:14 AM

Billed as “A Great Night In Harlem,” the Jazz Foundation of America’s second annual benefit supported an even…

Oct 10, 2002 7:12 AM

Trumpeter Theodore “Fats” Navarro died more than a half century ago at the tender age of 26. He was buried in an…

Oct 10, 2002 7:12 AM

The Verve Music Group and Blue Note Records have joined together to launch The Definitive Series which honors the…

Oct 3, 2002 12:41 PM

Forty years ago Jimmy Scott was set to release a record that would have made him a household name. On September 27,…