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

Moran grew up listening to all manner of music, from jazz to reggae to hip-hop. As a teenager he learned to play the Afrika ...

Jazz guitar icon George Freeman passed away on April 1 at the age of 97. The celebrated musician had planned to mark his 98th birthday on April 10 with a series of concerts at Chi ...

Grammy-winning trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, a leading figure in jazz during a five-decade career, has died at age 70, about a month after suffering a heart attack, his publicist said Tuesday. Hubbard ...

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 ... From Downunder" & ...

Rodney Whitaker is associate professor of double bass and director of jazz studies at the Michigan State University ... link in a chain of renowned bop trumpeters that started with Dizzy Gillespie and ...

New Orleans hosts a new bluegrass festival, a festival devoted to a beloved jazz banjoist and much ... Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie and Sidney Bechet. He moved back to New Orleans in the ...

Jazz, with its rich history and diverse styles ... This live recording captures a historic concert featuring Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. Despite ...

“The Comparable Dina Martina” will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 4, at Vashon Center for the Arts.

He recruited some forward-thinking musicians in his band – notably alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie – and together they began developing a new, complex jazz ...