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Kurt Elling Returns To Chicago
October 16, 2020Twelve years ago, jazz singer Kurt Elling left Chicago for New York. Three months ago, he returned.The move, says Elling, was prompted not by the pandemic, which has devastated New York, but by a longstanding desire ...
Cécile McLorin Salvant Awarded 2020 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant
October 6, 2020Jazz singer and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant has been awarded a fellowship with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She is the only musician in this year’s group of “genius grant” recipients. She ...
Netflix’s series ‘The Eddy’ is as much about family as jazz
June 12, 2020The Eddy on Netflix is a fantastic show based in modern-day Paris. The shows centers around Elliot Udo (played by André Holland), an American pianist who has exiled himself to the City of Lights to deal with a loss ...
The coronavirus is devastating a uniquely American art form
April 20, 2020Every jazz musician lost in this pandemic had a unique start that sent them on a distinct trajectory, but the sounds they made often overlapped. Read more
Jimmy Heath, NEA Jazz Master and link to bebop era of 1940s, dies at 93
January 22, 2020“When he walks into a room,” trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsalis once said of Jimmy Heath, “jazz history is made.” Not only was Mr. Heath one of the most accomplished saxophonists and composers of his time, but ...
Utah jazz legend Joe McQueen passes away at 100
December 13, 2019Joe McQueen, Utah’s legendary saxophonist who talked tempo changes with Charlie Parker, tried to get Count Basie to quit smoking and told Louis Armstrong that he didn’t like his style, died Saturday morning. Read More
New jazz club opening in Charlotte after nearly 20 years
November 1, 2019Larry Farber knows, in his heart of hearts, that he could be making a colossal miscalculation. Despite all of the meticulous research and planning and attention to detail the 68-year-old longtime entertainment ...
Miles Davis Estate Signs Deal with Downtown Publishing
October 28, 2019Downtown Music Publishing has signed a global publishing agreement to represent the entire catalog of the legendary jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis. The long-term agreement, signed with the Davis estate, ...
LA Times: Clora Bryant, who broke barriers as a jazz trumpet player, dies at 92
September 5, 2019Had she been a singer, she might have been an American star. Had she been a piano player, record labels might have lined up to sign her. But Clora Bryant played the trumpet and attention came slowly, when it came it ...
U.of Arkansas Launches New Jazz Studies Concentration
July 29, 2019The Department of Music in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas is excited to announce the offering of a new degree in jazz performance. The degree, a Bachelor of Music ...
