Roy Hargrove News

One of the most eagerly anticipated annual musical events in Naples is set to make its return to the city in just a few weeks.

Birds chirping in the background, Karriem Riggins spoke to me from his mother's house in Detroit.

SUMMERTIME is festival time all over Europe , and space permits only a glance at a little of what's on offer.

THE capital's showpiece jazz and blues festival will expand to new venues, as organisers attempt to attract bigger audiences to the long-running event.

Roy Hargrove plays the Dakota about once a year, and ita s always worth going to see him.

Leading his high-flying quintet at the Dakota jazz club Monday night, trumpeter Roy Hargrove was decked out in a somewhat unusual ensemble: a seersucker suit, with a pair of red Nike running shoes.

Their joint headlining concert on Friday, May 29, will present a challenge to both men as they attempt to create inspirational music designed around the sonic properties of the room.

Yotam Silberstein began playing guitar when he was 10. His first interests were rock and pop, but five years later he began studying jazz.

John Nazarenko plays the piano at the Filene Music Center at Skidmore College, where he has been an artist-in-residence for 10 years.

Now in its 30th year, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland has always prided itself as much on its educational offerings as its concerts.

At its conception, jazz melded the blues and street music of African-Americans with the European classical tradition carried by New Orleans Creoles of color.

JACQUES Schwarz-Bart, celebrated French jazz saxophonist will be in concert with his band Abyss this evening at Lion's Cultural Centre at 8 pm.

Roxbury native Roy Haynes has recalled that "A teacher in school once sent me to the principal because I was drumming with my hands on the desk in class." The drumming continued with Lester Young, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, and others.

TWO MUSICAL forms of the African diaspora will be in the spotlight later this month when Alliance Francaise and Patrons of Queen's Hall present Jazz and Gwo Ka Drums, a concert featuring saxophonist Jacques Schwartz-Bart and his band Abyss on April 24 at the Lion's Cultural Centre in Port-of-Spain. Jacques Schwartz-Bart, who was born December 22, ...

The Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School Band poses in front of a DeLorean circa 1980.

Radio 1190's Krewe de Louisianne & KGNU present SOUL REBELS BRASS BAND Friday, June 12, doors 8:30pm, show 9:00pm Imagine blending the sounds of Mardi Gras funk, soft rock, and reggae so seemingly it defies category.

Jazz group Take 6 has an a cappella sound with roots in gospel and 1950s doo-wop bands, but the Grammy-winning ensemble continues to push boundaries with its sound.

African Skies is the electric sophomore release from jazz piano prodigy Joel Holmes.

Waco native Roy Hargrove is without a doubt one of jazz's leading lights among the under-40 set, at least until he reaches that milestone later this year.

Lonnie Rashied Lynn, commonly known as Common , recruits some heavy hitters for his records.