Jazz News

The Local Bengt S ve-S derbergh, president of the Swedish Jazz Federation says that after the Second World War, Stockholm was one of the centres of European jazz along with Paris and Copenhagen.

SWINGING Swanage jived to the beat as the town hosted another hugely successful jazz festival over the weekend.

Miles Davis fan's and Jazz enthusiasts can look forward to some unusual fusion music.

Put together an 18-piece band, some of the finest jazz musicians in the nation and Frederick's Baker Park Bandshell and what do you have? The US Army Blues Jazz Ensemble! Coming to Frederick on a special night ...

Jazz is making a comeback and bringing it to Leamington on Sunday is the Five Star Swing band.

The death Wednesday of Jo Stafford further thins the ranks of the singers who filled the pop-music charts in the years right before rock 'n' roll.

The folks at Concord Music Group have added five more rare and collectible classic Jazz titles to their recently launched Collector's Corner site.

There are few musicians who qualify as "on the scene" more than Corey Wilkes - wherever the young trumpeter is, you can be sure there's a party close by.

Amid the din of press trumpeting the season's music festivals, last weekend's opening of the New Jersey Jazz Arts Project's Summer Jazz Cafe in Red Bank received barely a whisper.

David Sanchez , one of jazz's most exciting young saxophonists, brings his deep, lush tenor sound to Moravian College at 7:30 p.m. today when he performs with the school's top-flight jazz faculty ensemble and ...

Click here to download the show. In the years before his death, Tommy Flanagan played two-week residencies at the Village Vanguard twice a year.

Gwen Stewart , who created several roles in the landmark Broadway musical Rent , including introducing the solo vocals for the show's central theme, "Seasons of Love," returns to the show on Monday, July 21.

In this June 14, 1974 file photo, Swedish pop group ABBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, back left, Benny Andersson, back right, Agnetha Faltskog, front left, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad are shown.

London, July 15: The 'Back to Black' singer Amy Winehouse has recently been spotted collecting stickers of Euro 2008 players for a scrapbook she is assembling for her husband's welcome home celebration.

Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday.

Hepatitis C is a liver disease spread through contact with infected blood. The statement said the disease was revealed during a routine examination and was likely caused by her drug use years ago.

'I've been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences,' said Cole. 'I am embraced by the love and support of my family and friends; I am committed to my belief in myself and in my abiding faith to meet this challenge with a heartfelt optimism and determination. This is how I intend to deal with this current challenge in my life.'

Canadian rock band Rush will return to U.S. television for the first time in 30 years with an appearance on The Colbert Report Wednesday.

Antonio Gambrell isn't a necessarily a jealous guy. But he sure performs a mean version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" with his group Phedonia.

Quincy Jones, the trailblazing Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, was feted for his music and humanity at a 75th birthday party which brought Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Mick Hucknall and more to ...

Caption: Amy Winehouse leaves home dressed in a smart skirt and top as she goes to visit her lawyers office London, England .... Singer AMY WINEHOUSE is unimpressed she has been immortalised in wax at London's ...

Video: Kurt Elling, "Easy Living" with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in April 2008.