Try as one might to just take the venerable but vibrant Monterey Jazz Festival for its immediate, present-tense and face value pleasure, historical angles keep filtering into the event, intentionally ...

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Last month, it was revealed that jazz legends Pharoah Sanders and Diane Schuur, along with the popular New York band the Rad Trads, would perform at the 38th annual Atlanta Jazz Festival. The rest of ...

“We’d like to play a piece for Ornette Coleman,” Jason Moran told the Playboy Jazz Festival crowd late Saturday afternoon. Moran was midway though a rambunctious set with his R&B-soaked tribute to ...

Terri Lyne Carrington says she didn’t deliberately set out to feature rising female artists when she put together the lineup for the 15th annual Beantown Jazz Festival. But if that’s the end result, ...

The Jazz Fest 2015 cubes were released at the Fair Grounds today to the chants and drumbeats of Mardi Gras Indians as a group of Big Chiefs from across the city led an emotional musical tribute to the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Grand Rapids Jazz Festival will be back for round four. GRandJazzFest, the free festival that's brought guitarist Tim Bowman and saxophonist Phil Denny to Grand Rapids in the past, ...

“The granddaddy of all jazz festivals” kicked off Friday, July 31, at Newport, R.I.’s Fort Adams State Park, the stony fortress transformed by the echoes from three lively stages of music. The sounds ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. AN ANTONIO, TX – April 7, 2015 - The 11th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival saw more than ...

The Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts presents the 2015 festival poster, designed by Jim Frantz and featuring COTA co-founder Rick Chamberlain, who lost his battle to cancer in March. The ...

The 58th edition of the storied Monterey Jazz Festival continued its long tradition of bringing its rich blend of both venerable and new artists to the historic Northern California venue. Friday's ...