The Jazz Studies Department at the Eastman School of Music will present composer, valve trombonist and conductor Bob Brookmeyer in celebration of his upcoming 80th birthday and also for his lifetime achievement in jazz. Read More
Jazz saxophonists had a field day with the bossa nova in 1962. Read More
Local entertainer Jim Hall passed away last week after a short battle with cancer. Read More
RIP Dick Katz, great jazz pianist, Milestone Records co-founder and general Mensch, at age 85. Read More
Dick Katz, a pianist, record producer, educator and writer whose knowledge of jazz from the stride-piano era to 1960s modernism made him a valuable presence on New York's jazz scene for six decades, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. Read More
Time was when the prospect of a jazz soloist playing with a full symphony orchestra struck fear into the jazz-loving breast. Read More
The guitarist Jim Hall imbues his music with a deep, companionable rightness. 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
Iconic, multiple award-winning Canadian jazz drummer, Terry Clarke has recorded and performed internationally with the crme de la crme of jazz for over half a century. Read More
Both are dynamic styles, whose artists make up new rules as they go along. Read More
A harmonically advanced cool-toned and subtle guitarist, Jim Hall has been an inspiration to many guitarists, including some ... Read the full Jim Hall bio.