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Trumpeter reflects on the legacy of the noted baritone saxophonist

Music Mountain will present Helen Sung Quartet on Saturday and Cramer Quartet on Sunday Saturday August 13th, 7:00pm - Gordon Hall.

High Pulps Pursuit of Ends isnt craziness piled on top of more craziness. They just dont feel the need to stick to one persons idea of what jazz should be.

Critic Kevin Whitehead reflects on the legacy of the musician who would have been 100 on April 22, 2022. Mingus died in 1979, leaving behind a catalog of music that reflected his outsized personality.

Critic Kevin Whitehead reflects on the legacy of the musician who would have been 100 on April 22, 2022. Mingus died in 1979, leaving behind a catalog of music that reflected his outsized personality.

As a songwriter, he is up there with Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon – so why, 33 albums in, is Elvis Costello ditching his greatest hit?

Since 1985, KUVO has provided a rare blend of music & news. We broadcast the best in Jazz, Latin Jazz & Blues in addition to 17 locally produced, culturally diverse programs.

THE DJANGO, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, will continue to host today’s jazz legends and rising stars. On February 3, The Django celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Brooklyn-based record label, La Reserve, with special performances by the label’s artists.

Editor Brian K. Mahoney on the strangeness and wonder of living with animals.

At age 17, Barron Collier High School junior Chris Sochor has written a jazz concerto, a piano suite and any number of shorter pieces bubbling up from his music-steeped mind. Hes about to have something only a few composers his age get, however: hearing it performed for an audience by a jazz orchestra. The premiere is this Sunday at Artis—Naples. Not that Chris will have the luxury of enjoying it from the audience — hes the featured pianist in the Concerto of the Unheard, which the Nap...