Desafinado; Cheek To Cheek; Sophistacted Lady; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Satin Dolls; It Never Entered My Mind; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Body And Soul; Cantaloupe Island; The Seventh Sign; Walk On ...

The Mark Masters Ensemble released Porgy and Bess Redefined! (Capri Records) in 2005. The music was taken from the George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward English-language opera, which was first performed in ...

Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, Amina Claudine Myers and Gary Bartz have been selected as the 2024 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters. For more than 40 years, the NEA has annually ...

Barron previously recorded most tunes on his album, a few more than once. Now he gives them layers of new meaning and an allusive texture — with occasional hints at Afro-Cuban rhythms and gestures.

DETROIT, MICH (WXYZ) — The newly minted recipients of the 2023 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship – Regina Carter, Louis Hayes, and Kenny Garrett (all from Detroit ...

Considered by many as one of the great drummers in modern jazz history, Jack DeJohnette has died at the age of 83.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against The Machine and Primus are not the bands a Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist, composer and band leader usually cites as key early influences. But there is nothing ...

A Baton Rouge concert series celebrates 10 years in 2016. The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge has announced its lineup for its 10th Anniversary of River City Jazz Masters concerts. The lineup ...