Benny Golson

Brownie Speaks, a documentary about jazz legend Clifford Brown, will be screened at The New England Conservatory on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:30 PM. Read More

December 1, 2009, Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education and presentation since 1958, announces the thirty-four date, nationwide, six-week tour of the MJF/52 All-Stars, billed as the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour. Traveling through thirty-two cities in seventeen states, the group features the nine-time Grammy®-nominated and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on piano; Grammy-nominated violinist Regina Carter; Grammy-winning guitarist Russell Malone; seven-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Kurt Elling; bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa; and Grammy-nominated drummer Johnathan Blake. Read More

"One should always listen closely when people are saying goodbye," Katherine Hepburn tells us in "Stage Door." Likewise, Stan Getz, the great tenor saxophonist, found a way to make sure that people would be listening closely when he experienced what would be his last hurrah. Read More

If you're feeling a lack of jazz in your life, you may want to consider coming to Bethel's campus this December. Read More

"Letters to Santa," will be accepted by the Warren Township Recreation Commission. Read More

Grammy nominated composer, arranger and jazz pianist Bill Cunliffe will perform a Holiday Jazz Concert with Bill Cunliffe piano, Gary Foster sax, Tom Warrington bass, Joe La Barbera drums, Melissa Sweeney vocals. Read More

Dick Katz , The Line Forms Here (Reservoir). Read More

arters), which they've recorded not only with the blessing of the influential pianist and composer, but also with his participation, as Corea plays piano on one track, Free Samba, which he wrote specifically for the album. Read More

Pianist Aaron Diehl hails from Columbus, Ohio, where he started playing the pinao at home, as a young child. Read More

You may know that David Leonhardt has 38 years of professional experience with many of the top names in jazz from Benny Carter to Stan Getz. You may not know: he played for twenty five years with David “Fathead" Newman recording and arranging 5 CDs ; spent four years as musical director for jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks touring the world; spent twelve years freelancing in New York City, Broadway to the Today Show, jazz clubs to dance halls, Bar Mitzvahs and weddings to cabaret clubs and Lincoln Center, jingles to jazz records; since the 80's has baked up a host legendary master tap dancers and is musical director for The Shelley Oliver Tap Dancers; has decades of experiences as a jazz educator in universities, colleges, clinics and workshops with ten years of presenting “Jazz For Kids" to literally tens of thousands of children; his first jazz experience was playing piano as a teenager with jazz educator Jamey Aebersold in concerts, clubs and schools in Louisville, KY; his first road experience with a southern rock band touring Dixie age 16; his first professional engagement at the age of 14 in a teenage rock band. Read More