Jazz News

There's a wide variety of jazz and creative music performances coming up this Memorial Day weekend in St.

Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for nearly three generations.

The music never stops in the Twin Cities. Third Man Records' Pokey LaFarge makes a trip to the Cedar Cultural Center while singer/songwriter Lissie plays a sold out show at the Varsity Theater.

About 19 million words have been written about post-astral-jazz-hop producer Flying Lotus , including some by The Stranger 's Charles Mudede, in this issue's Stranger Suggests.

A former U.S. vice president is indicted for treason, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded hits Chile, "Pac-Man" makes his debut, Johnny Carson signs off, and a deadly tornado devastates Joplin, Mo., all on this day.

There is just something about taking a concert under the stars or by candlelight that has many jazz fans already lining up for the Friends & Wine Summer Concert Series at Leoness Cellars.

Burt Bacharach turned 85 this month but did almost nothing to lighten his still hectic schedule.

Norway 's award-winning jazz group, Jaga Jazzist is out with an exciting new album: "Jaga Jazzist Live with Britten Sinfonia"; this is Jaga Jazzist's sixth album release to date and is the first to feature them performing with an orchestra.

Best known for bright, accessible modern jazz, Pat Metheny takes on an experimental composer's work with the new Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School 's jazz band and chamber choir recently performed a show at the Bergen County Teen Art Festival at Bergen Community College.

A house fire in Genesee County is being blamed on a misuse of electrical equipment.

Jazz legend Miles Davis performed the world over, but lived on W. 77th St. The site will soon be marked with a cultural medallion.

Nowadays, if you brought a set of killer instrumentals to your average record company, the first words out of the A&R troll's mouth would be, "Where are the vocals?" But back in the day, stalwart souls like Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana used their razor-sharp axes to keep the world safe for people who were tired of hearing the same ... (more)

May 20, 2013 - NEW YORK -- A mysterious ring of light appears in Kevin's bedroom.

Much of it has to do with the inauguration of a new Steinway Concert Grand , but for those attending, if they buy into the different shows, the range is wide-reaching. As a Steinway artist, Charl du Plessis, who teaches both classical music and jazz at the UP music department, thought it was time to lobby for a new Steinway for the university and ... (more)

Vocalist and guitar player Jonathan Butler has been labelled as many different things during his musical career; contemporary jazz musician, R&B songwriter, lyricist and vocalist or gospel singer.

The centenary of the birth of Muddy Waters is to be marked at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival with a concert by his eldest son Mud Morganfield.

It's Wednesday evening and The Historic Red Mill is about to be transformed into a jazz club reminiscent of the 1950s.

Ray Manzarek stands with fellow members of The Doors Jim Morrison , Robby Krieger and John Densmore in 1968.

Bebop bassist Oscar Pettiford made his reputation playing with many of the cutting edge jazz artists of the '40s and '50s. An innovative force, his work with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell and a host of other jazz giants is often credited with expanding and extending the melodic range and solo possibilities of an instrument more often than not limited to the rhythm section. Late in the '40s, while recovering from a broken arm, he added the cello to his repertoire.