Marian McPartland

The building known as the Jazz Loft was in a commercial district, so after 6 p.m. there were no neighbors to worry about. Read More

Traditions are always a big part of the holiday season, and South Carolina's ETV and ETV Radio have already presented many Christmas specials. Read More

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

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the great gypsy jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt, the Django 100 countrywide tour gets underway next month at Washington's Kennedy Center. Read More

Pianist and Nashville mainstay Beegie Adair has worked with the best country bands in Music City USA, including a three-year stint on The Johnny Cash Show . Read More

In his Connecticut home, Dave Brubeck regularly uses a dancer's barre to stretch, keeping his limbs flexible as part of his morning exercise program. Read More

The jazz art of world-famous local artist E.J. Gold will set the stage for a series of three jazz concerts at the Mondavi Center's Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. 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