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Harrison survived playing a corporate concert in a Conehead costume, one of many not-glamorous nights in his 40-year career as a working member of the jazz world.

Harrison survived playing a corporate concert in a Conehead costume, one of many not-glamorous nights in his 40-year career as a working member of the jazz world.

Harrison survived playing a corporate concert in a Conehead costume, one of many not-glamorous nights in his 40-year career as a working member of the jazz world.

Julia Danielle, winner of the 2022 International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition, will perform in concert Friday, Sept. 8, along with a jazz quartet led by renowned pianist Jeremy Kahn. The concert marks her debut performance during the annual St. Charles Jazz Weekend.

Eva Cassidy: I Can Only Be Me Cassidy, vocals, guitar; London Symphony Orchestra; six others Blix Street G2-10121 (CD, available in download and immersive formats). 2023. Eva Cassidy, Chris Biondo, Christopher Willis, Bill Straw, Tom Norrell, William Ross, Jochem van der Saag, prods.; Nick Wollage, Neil Hutchinson, Jonathan Stokes, Jeremy Miller, engs. Performance ***** Sonics ****½ Eva Cassidy died of melanoma in 1996, age 33, almost completely unknown. She has since become a cult figure. The ...

10/08/2023 - Franco Maresco delivers a portrait of the famously versatile jazz musician Joe Lovano, but sadly the director’s didactic voice-over narration dominates all

Dee Dee Bridgewater, a three-time Grammy Award winning singer, will headline the Silver Spring Jazz Festival on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Charlie Parker, American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, a lyric artist generally considered the greatest jazz saxophonist. Parker was the principal stimulus of the modern jazz idiom known as bebop, and he was one of the three great revolutionary geniuses in jazz.

Bill Harrison, sometime bassist with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach, writes engagingly about his life and work

Tonight`s Jazz Feature can be deemed a classic. It was the second album under Sonny Rollins` name since his return to the Jazz scene in late 1955 as a new member of the legendary band, the Max Roach/Clifford Brown Quintet. It was decided by Rollins and Prestige Records owner that Sonny could record with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown group with musical choices by Rollins and with Rollins` name on the album title. Hence ``Sonny Rollins Plus 4``. Sonny picked 3 standard tunes that were not part of t...