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Roy Hargrove Dies at 49
November 3, 2018Roy Hargrove, a virtuoso trumpeter who became a symbol of jazz’s youthful renewal in the early 1990s, and then established himself as one of the most respected musicians of his generation, died on Friday in ...
NYT: The Harlem Jazz Club Where the Spirit of Billie Holiday Lives On
October 5, 2018Taking our orders at Minton’s Playhouse, the Harlem jazz club, our French waiter, improbably named Karl Smith, says that when he got to New York, he was determined “to do something very American.” More
Jazz band breaks new ground
September 26, 2018A local jazz band, WVC Jazz, is hoping the global fame of the film Crazy Rich Asian will help them enter the international music scene. WVC Jazz Ensemble saxophonist Julian Chan, 40, said it was a great opportunity ...
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers new bachelor’s degree in global jazz studies
September 1, 2018Undergraduates interested in careers as jazz performers, producers, teachers and/or scholars of jazz will now have the opportunity to receive a bachelor of arts degree in global jazz studies, beginning in fall 2018. ...
Houston celebrates jazz legend Arnett Cobb’s 100th birthday with music
August 6, 2018A teenage Arnett Cobb used to wander around the Fifth Ward looking for some wide-open space to play his saxophone. This was during the 1930s, when the neighborhood wasn’t quite as densely populated. “He’d just find ...
Tomasz Stanko 1942-2018
August 1, 2018Polish jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stańko has died aged 76, following a lung cancer diagnosis earlier this year. Tomasz Tłuczkiewicz, deputy head of Poland’s Jazz Association, confirmed that Stańko died early on Sunday at ...
NPR: Wayne Shorter Announces ‘Emanon,’ Multiverse-Inspired Triple Album
July 27, 2018Wayne Shorter was 15 when he first wrote and illustrated his own comic book, in blue ballpoint pen. That was in 1949, and Shorter has traveled great distances since, becoming an influential saxophonist, a 10-time ...
NPR: John Coltrane’s Lost Album A ‘Buried Treasure’ For Jazz Fans
June 24, 2018On March 6, 1963, John Coltrane and his quartet arrived at Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey to record an album. It was a busy time for the group, which featured pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison and ...
NPR: Bobby McFerrin And His Daughter Make Music A Family Affair
June 14, 2018The love of music has been passed down in the McFerrin family for generations. Bobby McFerrin is likely best known for his 1988 hit “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” and has been entertaining audiences with ...
Lorraine Gordon of Village Vanguard Club dies at 95
June 10, 2018New York’s Village Vanguard may come closer than any other club to embodying the spirit of jazz. For nearly 30 years, the guardian of that spirit has been the Vanguard’s formidable impresaria, Lorraine ...
