Béla Fleck

Since banjoist Béla Fleck and bassist Edgar Meyer met — in front of an Aspen ice cream parlor, in 1983 — the partnership has taken the music all over the map, touching classical, jazz and bluegrass bases. Read More

The 10-day London Jazz Festival ends tonight, leaving the capital's jazz community more than usually dazed and confused. Read More

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Shortly before he underwent heart surgery, the late drum virtuoso Buddy Rich was asked if he was allergic to anything. Read More

Jeff Coffin, touring saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, will visit ACU to conduct a jazz clinic and perform with the student Jazz Ensemble in a free fall jazz concert in Cullen Auditorium on Monday and Tuesday. Read More

The performance schedule for the first quarter of 2010 at the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall was finalized earlier this week. Read More

That the American banjo came from Africa is a given. Read More

The 64-year old comedian, writer and director -- who lately has turned serious intention to both playing and composing with his first full album of music, "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo" -- easily held his own in the company of the Steep Canyon Rangers, the North Carolina bluegrass quintet that is backing him on tour, as well as his world-class guests for the night. Read More

The 64-year old comedian, writer and director -- who lately has turned serious intention to both playing and composing with his first full album of music, "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo" -- easily held his own in the company of the Steep Canyon Rangers, the North Carolina bluegrass quintet that is backing him on tour, as well as his world-class guests for the night. Read More

Building from a deep, plucked bass line from Meyer, the evening's opening song, "Bubbles," set the tone with Fleck's unmistakably fluid banjo, which in turn tangled with Hussain's fleet-fingered percussion in an almost otherworldly dialogue. Read More