Jazz guitarist Bill Banfield’s father just turned 100 years old. At a recent celebration, family and friends gathered virtually and in person to celebrate his life and ask his advice. […]
Grammy Award-winning Nicholas Payton’s Nouveau Standards project features straight-ahead, improvisational music, with an all-acoustic quartet of renowned instrumentalists. Pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Bill Stewart will join […]
Celebrating the release of Steve Johns latest recording “Mythology” for the Steeplechase label.He has played with John Hicks, Larry Coryell, Bobby Watson, Gary Bartz, Diane Schuur, Roy Hargrove, Randy Brecker, Stanley Turrentine, Thomas Chapin, and Benny Carter. He has […]
De’Sean Jones is a Detroit based saxophonist, billboard charting recording artist and grammy nominated arranger. Over the past 20 years De’Sean has toured the world recording or performing with music Icons […]
Junior Jazz Rising Star Alice Gould is a fiddler, vocalist & songwriter from Savannah, Georgia who began her big stage performances at 5, participating in her first Walnut Valley Bluegrass […]
Pianist Ted Rosenthal was featured on David Sanborn's series Night Music, and has performed worldwide, both as a leader and as a sideman with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, […]
The Headhunters, the legendary jazz-funk ensemble co-led by percussionist Bill Summers and drummer Mike Clark with NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison on alto saxophone, celebrated the band’s 50th anniversary in […]
A 9-time Grammy nominee, Tierney Sutton is known for her impeccable voice and superbly imaginative arrangements. She is heralded for her ability to transform even the most familiar song into […]
