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Collage Jazz, with special guests the Holland Patent Jazz Ensemble, will present a Jazz Appreciation Month Concert on Monday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the Remsen Performing and Visual Art Center on Main St. in Remsen. The program will consist of lively jazz standards and jazzy pop arrangements. Each group will perform individually, highlighting […]

Jazz is about improvising and surprise, and so Janis Siegel stepped in for the under-the-weather booked singer at Dizzy's because the show must go on–even if it's a different one (with the same musicians). Janis Siegel was in great hands with a trio at Dizzy's on March 20th, and the audience gave them a great big hand. Read all about it.

Benny Benack III and Bria Skonberg will perform at Youngstown State University’s Ford Theater at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23.

POTSDAM -- The Community Performance Series at SUNY Potsdam will welcome “Sing and Swing: Our American Songbook,” a Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents production, as part of its spring …

A special production of “Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents” — a celebration of the Great American Songbook and iconic partnerships in jazz — w...

Emmy-nominated trumpet player, singer and bandleader Benny Benack III grew up around music. His grandfather was also a trumpet player, best known for the Pittsburgh...

The all-female NY-based big band marks its 30th birthday with a set referencing Michael Abene, Francy Boland, Woody Herman and others

Tune into In a Mellow Tone tonight for the full Robert Glasper experience. Host Natalie McGrath will enlighten listeners on the history, influence and musical electricity of Glasper, 45, a visionary on the piano who has redefined the boundaries of Jazz with his personal style of Hip-Hop and R&B. Born on April 5, 1978, the Houston-born virtuoso has made a name for himself as a forward thinker, pushing the boundaries with his music through albums such as Black Radio (2012), Artscience (2016...

Welcome Noah Snieckus to CKCU! Noahs "Between The Lines" segment debuts on In A Mellow Tone with Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans 1962 album "Know What I Mean?". Heavy Ben follows suit with a 1962 album from the Oscar Peterson Trio. Noah Mean? Noah Snieckus is a new host of ‘Between the Lines’, a monthly segment within CKCU’s “In a Mellow Tone” program, with a focus on Bebop, Bop and Post-Bop (ie. the Golden Period of Jazz and its influence through the ages int...

In honour of Ella Fitzgerald’s birthday having passed yesterday on April 25th, our In a Mellow Tone host Natalie McGrath will be doing a special on her life and legacy! For more than half a century, Ella was arguably the most popular female jazz singer in the United States, recording over 200 albums, and winning over the hearts of many with her beautiful voice, powerful range, impeccable dictation and playful scatting. She was also the first black artist to win a Grammy. By the end of her ca...