Coleman Hawkins

Since first joining forces in 1998 with guitarist and kindred spirit Jordan Officer in her Swing Band, Montreal-based singer Susie Arioli has been casting her seductive spell on jazz fans throughout Canada, and in Europe. Read More

Find the Perfect Event in This Handy List Broken Down by Region and City JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Summertime! Read More

The Monk Project" width="300" height="267" />Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) is considered to be among our greatest jazz composers. Read More

"Almost all of the recordings Hawkins made throughout a 45 year period were outstanding examples of improvisation, but among them were masterpieces by which all jazz tenor saxophone solos will forever be judged."Read More

The eight tracks on pianist Dan Cray 's Meridies project each run from five to seven minutes long, and that simple fact is the first indication that the full quartet (which includes tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger , drummer Mark Ferber , and bassist Clark Sommers ) doesn't believe in rushing things. Read More

The cause was heart failure, his niece Gail Aronow said. Read More

As one of the last living participants in Hartford's exuberant Golden Age of Jazz after World War II — an era when future giants Horace Silver and Gigi Gryce graced the swinging club scene in the North End — pianist Emery Austin Smith is unquestionably one of the city's grand patriarchs of jazz. Read More

When the Apollo Theatre opened the doors for its inaugural show on Friday, January 26, 1934, the trendsetting variety bill included the great jazzman Benny Carter and his orchestra. Read More

Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd's album Jazz Samba , which launched the bossa nova craze in the United States, celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. Read More