Topping the list of multiple nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday night in Los Angeles, is dance diva Beyonce Knowles, who garnered 10 nods for her third solo album, "I Am... Sasha Fierce," released in November 2008. Read More
Topping the list of multiple nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday night in Los Angeles, is dance diva Beyonce Knowles, who garnered 10 nods for her third solo album, "I Am... Sasha Fierce," released in November 2008. Read More
With MinnPost taking a holiday later this month, this week's jazz picks go beyond the weekend into the new year. Read More
The new 70-disc Miles Davis mega-box set collecting all of the trumpeter's work for Columbia/Sony Music is out, and David Was, jazz fan and one of the principals in the group Was (Not Was), reviews it for NPR here . Read More
The new 70-disc Miles Davis mega-box set collecting all of the trumpeter's work for Columbia/Sony Music is out, and David Was , jazz fan and one of the principals in the group Was (Not Was), reviews it for NPR here . Read More
This past week he earned perhaps one of the highest honors of his career; headlining the First State dinner at the White House. Read More
Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman in the Best Jazz Vocal category. Read More
Appearing at the 10th Annual Cherokee Jazz and Blues Festival on Sunday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cheorkee Community Center will be Kevin Mahogany. Read More
The beginnings of winter weather seem to be blowing into St. Louis this week, but as long as you're properly bundled up, there are several jazz and creative music events happening over the next few days that certainly justify braving the elements. 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
One of the few male jazz singers from around the baby boom generation, Kurt Elling is an anomaly simply by profession. Given ... Read the full Kurt Elling bio.