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Dr. J's writing combines her love of jazz with her fascination with psychology; she enjoys focusing on where they intersect -- in the celebration of the individual spirit.

As a jazz musician, Byron Stripling has done it all. Stripling, featured artist at the Xavier Masters of Swing Series concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

Still on the road doing concerts on the verge of his 89th birthday next month, jazz icon Dave Brubeck may have revealed the secret to his fabled longevity Monday night at the Dakota jazz club.

Now inscribed in the history books, the fifth Pittsfield CityJazz Festival will be remembered as the most engaging and successful of this series of annual events.

This reviewer is certainly not an early shopper and gets irritated when retailers give display space to Santa and snowmen earlier every year, but many Legacy recordings reviewed over the past few years are available for music fans on your gift list.

Budwig -- a very talented native of Moscow, Idaho, who has also lived in Monterey, CA, Mesa, AZ and Russell, Ontario -- says one of his biggest music influences growing up was, ironically, fellow acclaimed Idaho singer-songwriter Josh Ritter -- ironic, because the house Budwig currently rents in Moscow is owned by Ritter ... one of several ...

Two weeks, one sax, no chaser: Evan Parker , a veteran of the radical, thickly contrapuntal, British improvisational scene of the '60s and '70s, is that rare bird who prefers a solo stance and no accompanying band.

Roll Call Records Artists' early works generally channels the various influences and styles they have been exposed to during their development.

Steve Giordano is a Philadelphia jazz guitarist in great company. He has lived, learned, loved and played in the most evolutionary age of creative music in America.

Western swing pioneer Bob Wills and Wayman Tisdale, the former all-star basketball star who become one of the top artists in contemporary smooth jazz, are among the 2009 inductees to the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.

Last week I had a "killing two birds with one stone" trip. I got a chance to visit with one of my oldest friends, Leon Anderson and his family, in Detroit, Michigan.

On Saturday, Sept. 19, the California Museum in downtown Sacramento will open its doors for a free family program with a musical beat.

With ticket sales off about 10 percent from past years, this might be the time for local residents who have never experienced the Monterey Jazz Festival to do so.

The Detroit International Jazz Festival is taking its family-friendliness a step further this year.

Newport Jazz Festival 2009 George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 International Tennis Hall of Fame and Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island August 7-9, 2009 "We have three stages now, and I wish we could have more to give all these young musicians a chance to be heard," Newport jazz festival founder George Wein told thousands of ...

Newport Jazz Festival 2009 George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 International Tennis Hall of Fame and Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island August 7-9, 2009 "We have three stages now, and I wish we could have more to give all these young musicians a chance to be heard," Newport jazz festival founder George Wein told thousands of ...

Jazz in the Pines and Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation volunteer Marsha Lytle knows her way around the jazz scene.

Newport Jazz Festival 2009 George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 International Tennis Hall of Fame and Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island August 7-9, 2009 "We have three stages now, and I wish we could have more to give all these young musicians a chance to be heard," Newport jazz festival founder George Wein told thousands of ...

For knowledgeable jazz fans looking back to the year 1959, it's difficult not to focus on the remarkable profusion of landmark recordings that continue to influence, inspire and guide musicians today.

Island 92 Radio today announced the addition of Jazzmasters, a weekly Jazz show to air Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. The show features a mixture of the best classic jazz, contemporary jazz and jazz fusion.