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One never forgets that Monterey is a music gathering of the first order.

The Sound Conservatory, 1600 2nd Ave., Rock Island, will host one of the most acclaimed jazz pianists around on Sunday, May 28, at 5:30 p.m. Polyrhythms (which presents the Third Sunday Jazz Series in the Quad Cities) is presenting the Laurence Hobgood Trio, featuring 63-year-old Laurence Hobgood on piano, Matt Clohesy on bass, and Jared […]

Photo caption: Third World Press Publisher Haki R. Madhubuti and Useni Eugene Perkins.

Ahmad Jamal entered jazz at a time when speed and heated improvisation was still central to the art. He changed all that.

US jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal has died after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 92.

The urge to build a community of sound, first found on the streets of Philly playing with The Roots, still drives bandleader Joshua Abrams. Since Time is Gravity deepens the jazz band's own roots.

With an eight-decade-long career to reflect upon, George Freeman is starting to think a little fame might be nice.

To celebrate his birthday, Freeman and his band are playing two shows at the Green Mill in Uptown.

This is Ropeadope’s fifth installment of their acclaimed Experiment series. The leader, pianist Greg Spero (Spirit Fingers), very emphatically says that these are not bonus tracks from 2022’s The Chicago Experiment.

In this excerpt from Brad Mehldau's memoir ‘Formation: Building a Personal Canon, Part 1,' the pianist talks about learning from jazz legends Barry Harris and Lou Donaldson.