Shelly Manne

Todd Barkan, jazz historian, raconteur, producer and artistic director, has had a passionate love affair with music for most of his life. 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

Bob Keane, the colorful Hawaiian shirt-wearing record man whose independent label Del-Fi Records produced hits by Latino rock star Ritchie Valens and Texas-bred singer-guitarist Bobby Fuller, died Saturday in Los Angeles. Read More

Mike Wofford has long been hailed as one of the jazz world's finest pianists. Read More