Maria Dominguez points to dance partner Rod Gaulman, both of the Sacramento region, while the two move to the sounds of Robin Duhe and his band during the inaugural Elk Grove Fall Jazz Festival on ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — This Juneteenth, a New York jazz lyricist and composer is not just getting recognition for having lived through a century of the holiday, she’s also being celebrated as an example ...

Cutty and Zutty were there. So were Peanuts, Woody, Yank, Wingy, Red, Pee Wee and Willie the Lion.* Sammy Davis Jr. was supposed to come, but he pleaded “fatigue” at the last minute and didn’t show.

At first glance, July 17 was a typical Wednesday at Preservation Hall. Black-and-white-clad musicians clocked three sets of 45 minutes apiece. Each set concluded with an upbeat coda. The audience ...

In the summer of 2022, a friend of mine invited me out for a night at a luxury hotel on the Sunset Strip. He sent me the name of the venue, and I pulled up in an Uber to a sweeping U-shaped driveway ...

Vocalist Brenna Whitaker will return to her hometown for “Glamour of Old Hollywood Jazz Gala.” Courtesy of Kansas City Jazz Orchestra The artist and songwriter Romare Bearden once wrote, “The rhythms, ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with 22-year-old jazz singer Samara Joy, who recently took to the stage of legendary club Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. Her album, Linger Awhile, is out now. Late on a recent ...

When Jahmie Williams moved to Gainesville in December 2023, she felt a calling to bring her passion for the arts with her. Williams, a 60-year-old flutist and Gainesville Fine Arts Association member, ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – It’s a hot day in Old Town and folks are preparing for a long evening of excellent jazz music. Michigan JazzFest is back in full swing for 2022. It’s the 28th edition of a ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- He was a legendary jazz composer, a gay icon and an inspiration to many people in the Black community. Now there is a new show at Pittsburgh Public Theater telling the story and ...

The Orleans Parish School Board officially reversed the 100-year-old ban on jazz music and jazz dancing in schools, unanimously voting to overturn the rule that, though unenforced, remained unnoticed ...