Attempting to make your way into jazz is never easy, but the jazz writer and cultural critic Gary Giddins has just made my favorite four-letter word a little more approachable. Read More
Panama's annual cornerstone cultural event, the seventh Panama Jazz Festival will be held January 11-16, 2010. Read More
Born in Switzerland, Samuel Blaser lived in the heart of Swiss watch-making country. Read More
Known for harmonica work on Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” Sugar Blue branches out with new album, out January 26, 2010 New York, N.Y. (PRWEB) November 19, 2009 -- “We have chosen the title Threshold because the tunes open new musical territory for us,” says bluesman Sugar Blue of his new album, due out January 26, 2010 on Beeble Music. Read More
Attempting to make your way into jazz is never easy, but the jazz writer and cultural critic Gary Giddins has just made my favorite four-letter word a little more approachable. Read More
In late October, clarinetist Evan Christopher came to the Dakota and played tunes by Buddy Bolden, Sidney Bechet and Fats Waller. 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
Today is a big day on the college football schedule, and tens of thousands of people will be jamming the stands to see their favorite teams on the gridiron. Read More
Profile America -- Saturday, November 7th. Read More
At a party last Sunday at the Dakota, for which club owner Lowell Pickett flew in New Orleans clarinetist Evan Christopher (who gave one of the best live performances I have ever heard), we got a sneak peek of the plans for the club's 25th anniversary year. Read More
Sidney Bechet was the first important jazz soloist on records in history (beating Louis Armstrong by a few months). A brilliant ... Read the full Sidney Bechet bio.