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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 ...
Terri Lyne Carrington named 2019 Doris Duke Artist
July 10, 2019This year’s Doris Duke Artists receiving the award for their work in jazz are Terri Lyne Carrington, Grammy Award–winning drummer and artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, and George ...
Jazz cafe brings live music to Seoul’s Huam Market
July 5, 2019Traditional markets across Seoul have been struggling to stay relevant in the age of ecommerce and hypermarkets. Huam Market, located uphill of Seoul Station on the western slope of Mount Nam, remains a cozy ...
Arturo O’Farrill Joins UCLA Music Faculty
June 26, 2019Arturo O’Farrill, a six-time Grammy-winning pianist, composer and music educator, has been appointed professor of global jazz studies and music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. His teaching will focus ...
Dr. John 1941-2019
June 9, 2019Dr. John, the six-time Grammy Award winner whose gritty voodoo-inspired stage persona and whimsical way of speaking were as beloved in New Orleans as his piano-playing, has died. He was 77 years old. More Details
Drummer Lawrence Leathers Dies at 37
June 8, 2019Grammy-winning jazz drummer Lawrence Leathers died Sunday in New York City after an alleged assault. He was 37. Leathers was discovered unconscious in the stairwell of his Bronx apartment building and was pronounced ...
NPR: Facing Homelessness And Crushing Medical Debt, A Renowned Jazz Guitarist Reaches Out
May 17, 2019One of the jazz world’s most enduring artists, the influential 87-year-old guitarist and composer Kenny Burrell, is facing financial ruin and homelessness. His plight became public after his wife, Katherine ...
Jazz Fest’s foundation also marks 50 years
May 11, 2019NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrates 50 years of spotlighting Louisiana’s culture and musical traditions. The non-profit Jazz & Heritage Foundation — ...
