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Five out of five Jazz nuts are always on the make for the next coolest thing. But sometimes it's worth putting your money on a good old thing.

The Regina Jazz Society will hit a high note on Friday when the Alexis Baro Quintet is on-stage. Baro is a three-time National Jazz Awards nominee for Best Trumpet Player.

S teve Davis has been the trombonist of choice for jazz giants ever since he was an undergrad at The Hartt School at the University of Hartford .

I had been curious about this disc for a while, since I read that this was the only Hawkins disc that had been rated "core collection" by the latest edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz.

It's been an out-of-the-ordinary career trip for Roberta Gambarini--a trip that's seen her go from a young girl in Italy, scatting along with records by American singers Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald , to struggling to get singing gigs in her native land, to grabbing an opportunity to come to the United States, to gaining recognition by ...

A short distance from Hitsville USA, where Berry Gordy created the Motown sound, shaping the history of American music and culture, and the Diego Rivera Court, where the artist's murals pay tribute to the workers whose hands made the auto industry a reality, sits Hart Plaza, Detroit's waterfront public space, where for 30 years, Detroiters and jazz ...

Few pianists play the Great American Songbook of pre-rock standards by Porter, Gershwin, Kern, Rodgers and the rest of the pantheon with as much graceful invention as Bill Charlap.

Call it a paradox of assets if you will. Among the best practitioners of intimate, tuneful swing is Bill Charlap.

In Three Felonies A Day , the civil liberties watchdog's thesis is as provocative as it is simple: justice has become sufficiently perverted in this nation that federal prosecutors, if they put their minds to it, could find a way to indict almost any one of us for almost anything.

Saxophonist Kenny Garrett and vocal group Take 6 headline as the featured artists of the latest episode of Jazz it Up! Garrett's blistering alto sax fronts a high octane ensemble at the Iridium club, while Take 6 offers intense renditions of cuts from Miles Davis' Kind of Blue .

With perfect temperatures and wall-to-wall sunshine, Detroit recently celebrated a tradition that has brought jazz to the city every Labor Day weekend for the past 30 years.

Hank Jones / Corea, Clarke & White Sean Jones / Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Alfredo Rodriguez / Dennis Coffey / Wayne Shorter Quartet Chuchito Valdes / Stefon Harris & Blackout 30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan September 4-7, 2009 The Detroit International Jazz Festival celebrated its 30th ...

The foremost qualities of jazz vocalist Gretchen Parlato's artistry are her breathy gentleness and sensuality -- she doesn't sing so much as insinuate.

This summer, a D.C. Superior Court judge ruled that ex-gays ought to be protected under the D.C. Human Rights Act's sexual orientation clause, alongside heterosexuals, bisexuals, and gays.

This month we celebrate the ever-increasing expansion of jazz overseas, particularly two foreign women who, for different reasons, have captured the jazz spirit: Roberta Gambarini from Torino, Italy and Amina Figarova from Baku, Aserbaijan.

Renowned trombonist Steve Davis has just released a new CD, Eloquence , featuring master pianist Hank Jones and a strong cast including Roy Hargrove, Steve Nelson, Nat Reeves, Joe Farsnworth & John Lee.

Whatever else goes down at the Detroit International Jazz Festival, know this: It's going to end with a wallop.

As the 30th anniversary of the Detroit Jazz Festival wound down Monday night, a light rain was the first contrary note in a weekend of perfect weather.

Nearly the entire history of jazz piano was on display Friday night as the 30th anniversary edition of the Detroit International Jazz Festival kicked off under gorgeous skies downtown at Cadillac Square with a double bill featuring trios led by Hank Jones and Chick Corea.

The Detroit International Jazz Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.