A big band has found a new home for its performances. The Buckinghamshire Big Band Orchestra (BBO) has announced it will now be playing at Marlow Rugby Club. The group, known for playing jazz and ...
Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill and vibraphonist Sasha Berliner adeptly exploit the shifting sounds and textures of their bands on a ...
Charleston native Cameron LaVelle Mullins was an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, arranger, songwriter, and conductor who ...
Retired director Lance Boyd will lead former students during the 45th annual event, which also features school bands and visiting guest artists.
One of Rochester's favorites, Trombone Shorty, returns to the International Jazz Festival this year with a free Parcel 5 show.
Hoyt wondered whether Griffin was interested in writing a book about women in business. Surely she had the requisite material. “I looked at her and said, ‘I think there are a lot more ...
Though still in their early twenties, the Barber Brothers have learned their craft both in the classroom and in the informal sessions, shoulder to shoulder with the veterans of the music such as ...
An Arlington author and journalist has published a new book on a jazz musician’s harrowing experiences in World War II. In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, musician Artie Shaw joined up ...
His work in the 1970s as bandleader of the six-piece band Roy Ayers Ubiquity helped spawn the subgenre called acid jazz. “If I didn’t have music ... his father played trombone, his mother ...
Pound for pound, this memoir has more outrageous anecdotes than any other music book. Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles: All These Years Volume One - Tune In (2013) Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles ...