Thad Jones News

There are some musicians who are great soloists, and there are others who excel as accompanists or in sections but aren't quite as spectacular in the spotlight.

What: Trombonist John Mosca, director of the Grammy-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, performs with the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band in its annual fall concert When: 8 p.m. Nov.

It's hard to get a steady gig in New York. When you've had one for more than four decades, it's worth celebrating.

Submitted by Stephanie Hubbard on 2009-10-26.   The Yale Jazz Ensemble, directed by Thomas C. Duffy, will present its fall concert on Monday, Nov.

The Northern Illinois University Jazz Lab Band, under the direction of Rodrigo Villanueva, and the NIU All-University Jazz Band, directed by Shawn Bell and Zavier Breaker, will perform their first joined concert of the Fall 2009 season.

All artists and prices are subject to change at the time of this release. For more details on the upcoming season, including a complete schedule and ticket information, visit SOPACnow.org, or contact the SOPAC Box Office at 973.313.2787 . Luis Bonilla, Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25, $15, $8 Jazz 'n the Hall ...

Sean Jones is stepping out of the box that defines everyone and holding the lid open with the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra.

Although over a quarter-century has elapsed since the passing of William "Count" Basie in 1984, the bandleader and pianist's legacy has proved one of the most durable from the big band era, and the Basie band's Swinging, Singing, Playing maintains the Basie tradition and carries it triumphantly into the new millennium.

Snooky Young has been playing trumpet a long time, long enough to have been lead trumpeter with the Jimmie Lunceford band when it ruled Central Avenue.

Every couple of weeks, we use this space to deliver a brief reminder of the existence of StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds .

There's something about a big band that simply demands your attention. It's the power, the swagger and the undeniable swing.

R.J. DeLuke is an indefatigable jazz fan and arbiter elegantiarum who aspires to ultimate hipness; also an upstate NY freelance writer for various media.

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

Pianist Hank Jones and his late brothers Thad and Elvin will be honored at the 30th Detroit Jazz Festival next month.

August 31, 2009 from WDUQ - The Detroit International Jazz Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary over the course of four days this coming weekend.

Jazz is a story of continuity, that of one generation passing on its knowledge to the next.

It takes self-confidence and talent for a new musician to lock horns with a more experienced practitioner of the same instrument, and tenor saxophonist Peter Sommer has plenty of both.

It takes self-confidence and talent for a new musician to lock horns with a more experienced practitioner of the same instrument, and tenor saxophonist Peter Sommer has plenty of both.

In these shifting times, when change seems to rule the roost, the week-in, week-out consistency of the heartily swinging, profoundly artistic Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is decidedly welcome.

Local musicians Sharon Robinson, Ron Levy and Scott Robinson will perform a free flute concert scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug.