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Grizzly Bear Lightning Bolt Lightning Bolt play 979 Broadway Backyard just like they did about this time last year.

The pianist Cedar Walton, 75, is a bridge between the old and the new in jazz, a former sideman who recorded on John Coltrane 's "Giant Steps" as well as with Etta James and with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, all while rolling out his own muscular catalog.

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival August 30, Tompkins Square Park, enter park at E. 8th St.

The Buck Hill Quartet starts off this year's Montpelier fall jazz series on Friday, Sept.

One of the most diverse and intriguing lineups in recent memory is at the annual jazz festival in Newport, R.I. Saturday brought sets from Esperanza Spalding, Mos Def, Cedar Walton All-Stars, and more.

The annual jazz festival in Newport is a historic musical event. And this, the 55th anniversary of the first festival, is a historic year.

The annual jazz festival in Newport is a historic musical event. And this, the 55th anniversary of the first festival, is a historic year.

The annual jazz festival in Newport is a historic musical event. And this, the 55th anniversary of the first festival, is a historic year.

One of the most diverse and intriguing lineups in recent memory comes to the annual jazz festival in Newport, R.I., celebrating its 55th year this August.

The annual jazz festival in Newport is a historic musical event. And this, the 55th anniversary of the first festival, is a historic year.

Main stage action at this year's Newport Jazz Fest kicks off with a small reunion of couriers.

Eastern Rebellion is a jazz super group that has toured and recorded, with various personnel changes, since the mid-1970s. The reissued treasure, Mosaic , features the 1992 version of the band, with charter members Cedar Walton and Billy Higgins on piano and drums respectively, David Williams on bass and Ralph Moore on tenor.

Cedar Walton, who'll be at the jazz festival Saturday, might be the quintessential jazz accompanist and sideman.

Get your jazz on at Caramoor's two-day jazz fest this weekend in Katonah! On Saturday, check out Dianne Reeves and Strings Attached, the quartet of pianist Chuchito Valds, the Jean-Michel Pilc trio, pianist Cedar Walton and his band, the Gerald Clayton trio.