Geri Allen

This weekend is opening weekend of the 14th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival, with long-anticipated performances by the Calvin Keys Organ Quartet on Friday, the sold-out Dixieland at the Bakery show on Saturday, and two performances plus receptions by the classic Freddy Cole Quartet at Barndiva on Sunday. Read More

On May 17, a week shy of the Season 11 finale of the commercial TV hit show American Idol, another major—and historically more significant—11th event, the Jazz Foundation of Americas annual Great Night In Harlem benefit show, took place at the hallowed music landmark the Apollo Theater. Read More

When Wendy Oxenhorn took the reins of the Jazz Foundation of America 12 years ago, it served 35 musicians a year and had less than $10,000 in the bank. Read More

Full reviews of recent jazz performances: nytimes.com/jazz. ★ Read More

Dizzy Gillespie famously said, "One foot in the past and one in the future," to which could be added – if you are talking about the Wolff & Clark Expedition – with feet firmly planed in the here and now. Read More

Nobody said it was going to be easy, and nobody was right, declared Dizzys Club Coca-Cola Programming Director Todd Barkan, quoting the witty insight of the late pianist John Hicks into the life of a jazz musician. Read More

Gil Scott Chapman of Westfield, is a 21-year-old jazz-pianist pursuing a degree in Jazz studies while also studying with world-renown jazz pianist Geri Allen at the University of Michigan. Read More

Full reviews of recent jazz performances: nytimes.com/jazz. Read More

"I will never play with women because they are women," says Carrington, 46. Read More

After a year defined by progressive flourishes, maverick composers and contemporary fare, the University Musical Society cuts a more traditional profile in 2012-13. Read More