Jazz great Herbie Hancock on playing with Miles Davis, AI, and why the piano makes him cry
Discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd at the start of the 60s, Hancock signed to Blue Note Records, and wrote jazz standards ...
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“The Axeman Cometh”: This Month in 1919, New Orleans Residents Play Jazz All Night to Placate a Serial Killer
New Orleans was terrorized by a jazz-loving serial killer called the Axeman who demanded citizens play jazz music for him.
Kool & the Gang, Janelle Monae and the Roots to play Jacksonville Jazz Festival
Unlike previous festivals, which saw performers on multiple stages, this year will be in one place on one stage.
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Legendary saxophonist Branford Marsalis on playing for others and sharing the emotion of jazz
We talked with Marsalis in advance of his one-night-only performance at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on March ...
Bassist and NPR host Christian McBride returns to Seattle’s Jazz Alley
Christian McBride, playing Jazz Alley March 27-30 with a fresh quintet called Ursa Major, talks about his creative connection ...
Preservation Hall Jazz Band talks bringing New Orleans to N.J. before big show
“A lot of people like to consider it the northernmost city in the Caribbean, or maybe America’s most European city,” ...
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Two days of smooth jazz and R&B ahead on Montgomery's riverfront
After a six-month wait, the Smooth Jazz Festival is ready for a spring show at Riverwalk Amphitheater this weekend.
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School of Jazz guest DJ for March: Shane Nelson
From Miles Davis to Chet Baker, 16-year-old trumpeter Shane Nelson from Olympia, is the School of Jazz guest DJ for March.
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Mile High Jazz Band to present ‘Runoff’ Tuesday
The Mile High Jazz Band, singer Jakki Ford ... "Runoff” features the 17-member band playing swinging songs on the theme of the evening in all its variations. Poets and readers are Rita Geil, Terri ...