Betty Carter

Pale lighting lush with golden luminescence dimmed on a suddenly silent audience and a velvety crimson spotlight washed the stage of Emerson Concert Hall. Read More

Jazz is an art, but jazz saxophone great Wessell Anderson says an essential part of the art is often lost — entertainment. Read More

Catch a rare performance by the jazz impresario on Friday, November 13, at 8:00 pm when George Wein brings his Newport All-Stars to Jazz at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Read More

Two of the most exciting jazz recordings of the season are from trios, but these groups are not in the familiar configuration of piano or guitar plus bass and drum. Read More

Jagged orange lightening bolts frame a box of rainbow swirls beneath a diamond-shaped prism inside a bright yellow square angling into a tangle of colored streamers. Read More

He's also an educator, the musical director of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and -- since 2006 -- leader of an all-star quintet featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford, saxophonist Tim Warfield Jr., pianist Bruce Barth, and bassist Rodney Whitaker. Read More

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) will host an early evening of great jazz by celebrating its 10th year of providing affordable cultural entertainment. Read More

For Dee Alexander, taking flight is both a vocal technique and the realization of a dream. Read More

For the first time in jazz's brief century, many leading artists are staying active beyond their eighth decade. Read More

The four busy jazz musicians who make up the collective combo Tarbaby are as clever as a rabbit, Br'er Rabbit, to be precise. Read More