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Raritan Valley Community College's Student Jazz Ensemble will perform in concert Thursday, Dec.

This year's collection of "Spooky Songs" - defined for my limited purposes as songs with Hallowe'en themed names, if not content - kicks off with the booming drums of Art Blakey.

One of the great jazz trumpeters of all time, Freddie Hubbard formed his sound out of the Clifford Brown/Lee Morgan tradition, and by the early '70s was immediately distinctive and the pacesetter in jazz.

It's potentially a very busy week for fans of jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with plenty of noteworthy performances happening over the next few days.

"Jackie and Lee: a Hardbop Dynamic Duo" features the mid-1960s Blue Note recordings of alto saxophonist Jackie McLean and trumpeter Lee Morgan.

The Detroit International Jazz Festival has been celebrating two great cities of jazz this weekend, Detroit and Philadelphia, but the focus narrowed to Philly history early this afternoon at Hart Plaza.

Two legends of the jazz world in one show! First, pianist Kenny Barron talks about performing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, and Freddie Hubbard, and his new CD, The Traveller .

It would be quite a feat to have traveled in Kenny Barron's shoes. A venerable pianist whose career has spanned more than fifty years of performances with a host of greats-Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie ...

Part of the pleasure of tenor saxophonist Don Braden's "Gentle Storm" is an appealing set of familiar tunes: "Secret Love," "Never Can Say Goodbye," "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "This ...

Mala Waldron Band Iridium Jazz Club - Late Show TWO NIGHTS - Fri., Aug 15 & Sat., Aug 16 Iridium Jazz Club 1650 Broadway at 51st St.

Recordings from Freddie Hubbard, one of the last of the trumpet masters from the Clifford Brown,/Lee Morgan school of Hard Bop, have been scarce this century.

The man from Waco, jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove emerged on the scene in 1989. Encouraged by no less than Wynton Marsalis, Hargrove was young and sharp enough to be included in the '80's "Young Lions" hype .

In the same way that Roy Hargrove's Earfood updated Lee Morgan's Cornbread , so Jeremy Pelt's November updates Miles Davis' Miles Smiles .

In the same way that Roy Hargrove's Earfood updated Lee Morgan's Cornbread , so Jeremy Pelt's November updates Miles Davis' Miles Smiles .

Britain's finest straight-ahead trumpeter has lived abroad for years, which makes a silent point.

In the liner notes, trumpeter Roy Hargrove declares that Earfood was recorded to bring pleasure to the listener.

Freddie Hubbard is part of the most concentrated group of trumpet talents in jazz history, born on Apr.

Judith London, The Cookers Click on a star to rate Jack Massarik's rating Reader rating Add your review Description: Hard-bop septet inspired by the legendary Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan Night Of The Cookers ...

Digital Mural: May 26, 2008 Jazz with Eric in the Evening: Lee Morgan Image credit: © Mosaic Images/Corbis Today's digital mural features trumpeter Lee Morgan during a 1959 performance with bandleader Art ...

Blue Note Records Were it not for the mature and ceaselessly lyrical contributions of tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, this RVG remaster of an eponymous 1956 Lee Morgan date would appeal only to Morgan ... via All About Jazz