Jimmy Heath

Last week I posted about star-crossed trumpeter Don Sleet [pictured] and his sole leadership album All Members. Read More

There are a number of highly talented jazz musicians from the late 1950s who can't really be called great because they recorded too few albums. Read More

Before he got to work with Chaka Khan , Prince, Billy Cobham and Stanley Clarke , jazz musician Jerome Najee Rasheed cut his performing chops in city schools and clubs. Read More

Catch a rare performance by the jazz impresario on Friday, November 13, at 8:00 pm when George Wein brings his Newport All-Stars to Jazz at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Read More

Quick on his feet, the resourceful, inventive player has fit right in with superb players, including his great tutor and close friend, Jackie McLean , Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and Chick Corea. Read More

A major player in hard bop jazz during the 1950s, Nat Adderley pioneered the genre of soul jazz. Read More

Vocalist Ernie Andrews Added to Champions of Jazz Benefit Concert WBGO Celebrates 30 Years with Benefit Concert Honoring Paquito D'Rivera and Downbeat Magazine November 3, 8:00 pm Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall Tickets on Sale Now NEWARK, NJ – WBGO celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz benefit concert honoring nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D'Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, Downbeat Magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary. Read More

Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath is best known as the timeless anchor of the famed Heath Brothers band. Read More

WBGO celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz benefit concert honoring nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D'Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, Downbeat Magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary. Read More

This week, the drummer Craig Holiday Haynes will be responding to readers' questions about the life of a jazz musician in New York: advice for musicians starting out, how to make ends meet, his preferred places to play, finding studio space, how the economy has affected the industry, where to meet other musicians and other issues. Read More