Woody Herman News

The Vermont Jazz Center will swing into the holiday season with the fabulous sounds of the big band era presented by its own 17-piece big band and guest vocalists at its annual Big Band Gala on Friday at 8 p.m., at the Vermont Jazz Center in the Cotton Mill.

A jazz great is celebrating his 80th birthday at the Eastman School of Music. Trombonist Bob Brookmeyer has played with many of the greats here and in Europe, starting his 60-plus-year career with Stan Getz and Woody Herman in New York City, then producing the "Paris Concerts" for Gerry Mulligan in 1954 and serving as musical director for the Mel ...

The Deer Head Inn will feature jazz bassist Jennifer Leitham today with her trio.

Vince Guaraldi, the widely acclaimed jazz pianist best known for his cheerful, uplifting work with %Charlie Brown and %the Peanuts Gang, got his start in the music biz with a record entitled Blues Groove by Woody Herman in 1956.

As a jazz musician, Byron Stripling has done it all. Stripling, featured artist at the Xavier Masters of Swing Series concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

Vince Guaraldi, the widely acclaimed jazz pianist best known for his cheerful, uplifting work with %Charlie Brown and %the Peanuts Gang, got his start in the music biz with a record entitled Blues Groove by Woody Herman in 1956.

For decades, saxophonist Nick Brignola was the jazzman in the Capital Region. The winner of several prestigious Downbeat magazine awards, he passed away in 2002.

Clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre died in Massachusetts two springs ago. His last gig with his last major trio paid them 35 cents each .

When: 7 to 10 p.m. Old Cold Tater plays several acoustic genres including Fiddle Music, Bluegrass, Swing, Celtic and Root Cellar Waltzes, creating an evening of entertainment in the restaurant's recently acoustically refurbished dining room.

SOURCE: See! Hear! by Richard Kamins Guitarist Joel Harrison and percussionist George Schuller have put together an impressive sextet to honor and perform the works of Jimmy Giuffre They call their program ' Whirrr - the Music of Jimmy Giuffre ' and are bringing it to Firehouse 12 , 45 Crown Street in New Haven on Friday October 23 for 2 shows, ...

Legendary trombonist Don Doane, who has played with Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, takes the stage for Harvestfest today.

Thirty years ago, the first Clearwater Jazz Holiday was a little different. The stage was a decorated flatbed truck.

Sea Breeze Jazz For over a decade, brass master Dan McMillion, an alumnus of the Woody Herman and Buddy Rich ensembles, has been maintaining the legacy of Maynard Ferguson to a very high standard in the Central Florida region, winning a Grammy nomination for Up Your Brass .

"Side Man" as presented by Bang! Productions. Jazz Notes THE SHOW: "Side Man," the acclaimed Warren Leight drama, presented by Bang! Productions It's all that jazz.

Ken Delo sings Jimmy Dorsey's "So Rare" and the always beautiful Anacani sings "Amapola". From "Sophisticated Lady" to the "Original Boogie Woogie" - there's something for everyone on this show filled with the great swing music from the Big Band Era.

If you're unfamiliar with trumpeter Don Fagerquist [pictured], that's about to change.

Whether hea TMs playing clipped uptempo runs on a bop tune or adding broad inflections to blues or brassy lustre to a ballad, Russ Little is a consummate jazz trombonist whose experience reaches back to his time spent in the Woody Herman and Count Basie bands.

Whether hea TMs playing clipped uptempo runs on a bop tune or adding broad inflections to blues or brassy lustre to a ballad, Russ Little is a consummate jazz trombonist whose experience reaches back to his time spent in the Woody Herman and Count Basie bands.

Chicago-born Anita O'Day was a tough broad, in the most respected sense, and one of the greatest jazz vocalists of our time.

Dimensions in Blue, the jazz ensemble from the United States Air Force Band of the West, will present a concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug.