Here are the biggest music festivals and concerts for Jazz Appreciation Month, including Lakecia Benjamin, Hiromi, Francine ...

As I was reminded throughout that evening, jazz is the most fundamental expression of innovation and creativity in American ...

April is Jazz Appreciation Month ... with a nod to legendary trumpet showmen Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie." Details: 7 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 E.

He was born in 1939 in South Africa at a time when the rights of the black population were nonexistent. In the absence of a ...

The Midwest Jazz Collective will launch its first tour featuring trumpeter-vocalist Benny Benack III at Ginger Rabbit Jazz ...

Grammy-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis will perform on Thursday, April 3, 7:30 p.m., at the Central Park Performing ...

Playing the music of Duke Ellington, this visionary artist of the hip-hop generation crafted a magical set, sampling a scrap of this and scrap of that, interpreting the songs of the jazz legend ...

Following this were performances at the big festivals in Europe including Montreux, Pori, North Sea, Nice and Bern – playing with many of the legends of jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Calloway, Woody Shaw ...

Here it is, as well, keep your eyes on the prize, Katanga, the Southern region of the Congo, home to the Shinkolobwe mine.

He has performed, toured and recorded extensively both as a leader and sideman, and is a mainstay at NYC jazz clubs like Smalls, Mezzrow, The Jazz Gallery, the 55 bar and Dizzy's ... Stax records ...