Wayne Shorter News

Though some will argue about whether Wayne Shorter's primary impact on jazz has been as a composer or as a saxophonist, hardly anyone will dispute his overall importance as one of jazz's leading figures over a ...

Though some will argue about whether Wayne Shorter's primary impact on jazz has been as a composer or as a saxophonist, hardly anyone will dispute his overall importance as one of jazz's leading figures over a ...

With his silk ascot, Ralph Laurenesqe ivory cardigan and stovepipe slacks, jazz trumpeter Christian Scott blew a surprisingly funky groove in to Lake Tahoe Saturday night at Homewood Mountain Resort.

Organ Trio is Jersey City saxophonist/composer and bandleader Bryan Beninghove's debut self-titled album with his very able organ trio that performs regularly throughout the Jersey City/New York area.

Parcours finds French pianist Sebastien Paindestre leading a trio with longtime collaborators Antoine Paganotti and Jean-Claude Oleksiak .

Mark Weinstein scored a Best Latin Jazz Flautist Grammy honor for Con Alma . To follow that up, he turns to bebop with Straight, No Chaser , a mix of original and cover tunes, including some composed by such ...

Ipswich High 2008 graduate Zachary Gorrell has Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, and Wayne Shorter in his CD collection.

"The sound of Puro Son flows from the heart of the traditional Cuban song form known as "son". Led by trumpeter Miguelito Valdes who has shared stages with the likes of the Buena Vista Social Club, Herbie ...

Belmondo are the French jazz musicians Lionel and Stephane Belmondo-the first a saxophonist and flautist, the second a trumpeter and flugelhornist-who have developed an interesting sideline in tribute albums ...

I'm off to upstate New York this weekend, for two great days of music at the Freihofer's Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs.

In the rock world, it's not uncommon for bands to become associated with certain venues: the Ramones with CBGB's, Prince with First Avenue, the 'Mats with the Longhorn.

"Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin will headline the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival in Newport.

Rapper Ice T is set to perform with the Indianapolis Symphony, but it's not the first time two very different genres have found common ground.

You are not signed in . Phoenix Jazz Workshop, a quintet that performs the music of Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter and Jim Hall, as well as original compositions, will play for ...

At 23, acoustic bassist Esperanza Spalding is the youngest faculty member in the history of Berklee College of Music, the renowned music school in Boston.

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin will headline the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival. Festival organizers say the Grammy winner, whose hits include Respect, Chain of Fools and I Say a Little Prayer, will perform her ...

Heads Up International On this major label debut, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding demonstrates plenty of eclecticism, taking on styles ranging from samba, hard-driving jazz and R&B, a risky combination in ...

The Jazz at Holmes series of free concerts at Washington University is presenting a summer schedule again this year, and they released information on the lineup for summer 2008 to the public today: The series ...

Leading off this Sunday with Lionel Loueke , a phenomenal new voice on guitar, Connecticut Guitar Society brings its dinner/concert "Summer Jazz Series" back for an encore season.

Pianist Chick Corea's band Return to Forever was the last of the fusion fruit to drop from the tree of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew .