James Moody

Tickets for the 1:30 p.m. performance are $30 for members of the Craven Arts Council & Gallery and $35 for nonmembers. Read More

The Willis Junior High School Jazz Band is attending the prestigious Midwest Clinic in Chicago this week. Read More

After more than a half-century as a jazz pianist, and having learned valuable lessons early on from studying with Oscar Peterson and playing with Dizzy Gillespie, Mike Longo delivers an incredible repertoire of in-depth musical exploration on his latest trio recording, Sting Like a Bee . Read More

The pianist and arranger Torrie Zito died in New York at the age of 76. Read More

Torrie Zito, a versatile arranger who worked with swingers like Bobby Darin , Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra as well as younger performers like John Lennon , Sinead O'Connor and Clay Aiken, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. Read More

December 1, 2009, Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education and presentation since 1958, announces the thirty-four date, nationwide, six-week tour of the MJF/52 All-Stars, billed as the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour. Traveling through thirty-two cities in seventeen states, the group features the nine-time Grammy®-nominated and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on piano; Grammy-nominated violinist Regina Carter; Grammy-winning guitarist Russell Malone; seven-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Kurt Elling; bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa; and Grammy-nominated drummer Johnathan Blake. Read More

The concerts, showcasing new compositions as well as time-honored classics, feature an ever-rotating ensemble with Mr. Ciacca serving as the core artist. Read More

If you're feeling a lack of jazz in your life, you may want to consider coming to Bethel's campus this December. Read More

About twenty musicians representing the Chicago jazz scene are to perform during the Made in Chicago Festival which opens tonight in Poznań, western Poland. Read More

Several Fairfield Freshman School students made Veterans Day a little bit more special for children and participants at the Fairfield Kindergarten Center. Read More