Aloe Blacc, the globally acclaimed GRAMMY-nominated multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and producer, and powerhouse vocal ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The tranquil sounds of birds in Heritage Park will soon be joined by the soulful melodies of saxophones as the 64th Annual Texas Jazz Festival kicks off in Corpus Christi.

Ah, the 80s, when a band with a quizzical name could emerge from absolutely nowhere with a captivating single that captured the world. And, just as often, such a band would retreat to anonymity. That ...

Amidst classes, (seemingly never-ending) assignments on the to-do list, and many, many other priorities, I’ve found a lot of joy in admiring the views of Fall around Grounds to help me decompress ...

A painting in the arrivals hall at Cork Airport has long shown many of the greats who have played the city’s jazz festival. Upfront are four legends of the music – Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, ...

Cost $15 Adult; $10 Senior Citizen; $10 Group of 10 or more; Student (K-12) free; College Student free with ID at the door; Bethel Employee two free with ID at the door. Get ready for a night of ...

George Duke was born in San Rafael, California, and reared in Marin City, a working class section of Marin County. When he was just four years old, his mother took him to see Duke Ellington in concert ...

As far as household names in percussion go Pete Escovedo ranks high on the list. A prominent San Francisco/Oakland area multi-percussionist and a force in the local festival and recording scene, even ...

Released as a double LP, ‘Southern Comfort’ topped the Jazz Album charts and is the perfect intro to what makes The Crusaders great. Jazz was in a funny place by the mid-1970s, the jazz police had ...

Lloyd Johnston and Shaun Funk arrived in Seattle from Vancouver by train Wednesday wearing rival baseball caps, but the two friends said they’re only a “little conflicted.” Johnston, with the Jays’ ...

Though the golden age of big band music is associated with the 30s, it originated a decade earlier in the Jazz Age, when jazz bandleaders began to lead groups that emerged out of small jazz combos, ...

Cindy Camp’s great-grandmother was only a name on the family tree until police called. An investigator told her it was believed Alice Spence had been killed more than 105 years ago, her body dumped in ...