Anat Cohen

In continued celebration of his new recording on Anzic Records, Suite of the East, bassist & composer Omer Avital announces his new band and a residency at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC, June 12, 19 and July 3, 10. Read More

The annual, highly popular Jazz in the 'Hoods performance series will once again bring jazz to almost every Washington, D.C. neighborhood during the 8th annual DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) from June 1-10. Read More

German-born Hendrik Meurkens leads a non-Brazilian ensemble through an exploration of the music of Bahia and beyond on "Celebrando."Read More

Amy Cervini - whom The New York Times describes as a thoughtful and broad-minded jazz singer" for her free-spirited, genre-blind approach - recently celebrated her new recording Digging Me, Digging You: A Tribute to Blossom Dearie, with two sold-out nights at The 55 Bar in NYC, a sold-out coast-to-coast Canadian tour. Read More

"Jazz became the world's music long ago," said Susan E. Rice, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, in that organization's General Assembly hall on Monday night. Read More

"I will never play with women because they are women," says Carrington, 46. Read More