Charlie Haden

You run your own label, which itself deserves a Tenth for being record label of the century so far in its encouragement of music that does not as such conform to the obvious and which in a larger sense represents your interest in music that sounds like the last thing it wants to sound like is something that can easily be described by an established and limiting genre name. Read More

Panama's annual cornerstone cultural event, the seventh Panama Jazz Festival will be held January 11-16, 2010. Read More

Mike Wofford has long been hailed as one of the jazz world's finest pianists. Read More

THE MUSIC OF JOHN COLTRANE, ORNETTE COLEMAN AND MILES DAVIS featuring Special Guests DAVID SANCHEZ and STEVE WILSON at HARRIS THEATER on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 7:30 pm Pre-Show Conversation with Jon Faddis and Neil Tesser at 6:30 pm The CJE Introduces Listening Sessions on Saturday, December 5, 4:00 pm at the Jazz Showcase with Dana Hall, Peter Margasak and Leonard Brown CHICAGO, IL, November 19, 2009 – 1959 was a very good year. Read More

At first glance, Carla Bley's current band, the Lost Chords, look like just another jazz quartet. Read More

Jazz luminary Charlie Haden took no small amount of perverse joy Tuesday night in bringing the old-time country music with which he started his musical career in the Midwest seven decades ago into the tony surroundings of Walt Disney Concert Hall. "Man, oh, man," the 72-year-old bassist said upon taking the stage. Read More

In a career that spans three decades and a discography that includes more than a dozen eclectic and innovative recordings, five-time GRAMMY nominee Mike Stern has established himself as one of the premier jazz and jazz-fusion guitarists and composers of his generation. Read More

Recorded jazz is still under a century old, but in a little over nine decades an enormous quantity of music has amassed. Read More

Drummer Ted Sirota and his band Rebel Souls have a new record out called Seize the Time (Naim Jazz, 2009). 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