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Like another Cuban product Aruán Ortiz , Manuel Valera is a gifted piano player who is able to reconcile the rhythmically based Afro-Cuban jazz of his homeland with the harmonically complex modern jazz of New York. Valera is likewise an experienced composer and bandleader, with five albums under his belt since 2004. Read More

Today is the 86th anniversary of the birth of Miles Davis , the most famous and historically significant jazz musician to come from the St. Louis area. Read More

A Grammy-award winning jazz artist of international fame is returning to his Roxborough roots Tuesday. Read More

Tonight, virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke (pictured) opens a four-night stand continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Read More

When something emerges from the soul of an artist, it's honest, personal and meaningful. Read More

*Jazz may be his forte, but Jeff Lorber knows how universal a language music really is. Read More

NEW YORK , May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with three new Complete Album Collections from the Columbia and RCA archives by the greatest names in modern jazz: CHARLES MINGUS - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA & RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION ( Columbia /Legacy) – 7 titles, 10 CDs. THE THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION ( Columbia /Legacy) – 6 titles, 6 CDs. WEATHER REPORT – THE COLUMBIA ALBUMS 1971-1975 ( Columbia /Legacy) – 6 titles, 7 CDs. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060130/LEGACYLOGO ) Newly assembled and affordably priced, this latest wave of jazz titles in the Complete Album Collections box set series will be available at the PopMarket.com website –  http://complete.popmarket.com – as well as at all general retail starting July 30th through Columbia / Legacy , a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT . Read More

The Isle of Wight Festival deserves to be seen both by fans, and especially by students of late-1960s rock history. Read More

Pianist Amina Figarova has become proud of the open-mindedness in her adopted home of the Netherlands. Read More

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: 2012 Festival Awards

Liza Minnelli is the 14th recipient of the Ella Fitzgerald Award, established in 1999 for our 20th anniversary and conferred in recognition of the versatility, improvisational originality and quality of repertoire of a singer renowned on the international scene. Read More

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Chick Corea

Biography

Chick Corea has been one of the most significant jazzmen since the '60s. Not content at any time to rest on his laurels, he has... Read the full Chick Corea bio.