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Musicians blend jazz rhythms across Estonia-Russia border

Two jazz musicians have given an unusual concert on the Estonia-Russia border • 2 min read NARVA, Estonia -- Two jazz musicians gave an unusual concert Friday on the [...]

Whitney Center Jazz Orchestra returns to Kinnison Hall

The Whitney Center Jazz Orchestra will perform in concert on April 10 in Kinnison Hall at Sheridan College’s Whitney Center for the Arts. Presented by the Arts at Sheridan [...]

Paul Jackson, Funk Bassist With Herbie Hancock, Dies at 73

He was an integral member of Mr. Hancock’s jazz-funk band the Headhunters, whose albums reached millions in the 1970s. Paul Jackson, whose springy and grooving electric bass lines drove [...]

AN AMERICAN PRAYER, RENOWNED DOORS LEGACY GROUP, IN CONCERT AT TEXAN THEATER, FRIDAY MARCH 26, 7PM

(Greenville, TX) - An American Prayer, renowned Doors Legacy group, perform live in concert at Texan Theater, 2712 Lee St., Friday, March 26. Showtime: 7:00pm. Tickets are $99. Info: [...]

Music Business Owner On The Hook For $36,000 She Can’t Afford After Mixup With PPP Loan; I Feel That I Was Misled’

CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman who took out a loan trying to save her small business during the pandemic now says that loan could cause her to shut down. [...]

Jazz Bassist Paul Jackson 1947 – 2021

Acclaimed jazz bassist Paul Jackson, known for his association with Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters, died at the age of 73. A statement on Jackson’s website confirmed his death [...]

The Blues Foundation Rescinds Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2021 Blues Music Award Nomination

The decision to rescind the nomination was based upon continuing revelations of representations of the Confederate flag on Shepherd’s “General Lee” car, guitars and elsewhere The Blues Foundation (the [...]

Northampton Jazz Fest presents April concert series

In recognition of Jazz Appreciation Month in April, the Northampton Jazz Festival will present a virtual jazz series, “Up Jumped Spring” each Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The series is [...]

Famed music festival ‘Jazz in the Gardens’ on hold for 2021, but back for 2022

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The popular ‘Jazz in the Gardens Festival’ in Miami Gardens will not be happening this year, but plans are in the works to bring it [...]

A Take Five Toast to Grammy Winners in Jazz and Blues

The Grammy Premiere Ceremony — the pre-telecast ritual where most of the Grammy Awards are actually announced — took place virtually this year, like so many other recent events of its [...]

The Power of Music: A universal language that unites, inspires and gives hope to so many

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s now been a year since COVID-19 silently invaded our lives closing down restaurants and silencing musicians who made a living playing live music. Even with [...]

Music world pays tribute to celebrated jazz musician Chris Barber

SWING46–Another Legendary Staple of Times Square Nightlife, is Raising GoFundMe Pandemic Money Through a 12-Hour March 14 YouTube Telethon

NEW YORK-- A live-streamed fund-raising concert set for Sunday, March 14, will be raising urgently needed money for Times Square and New York big band venue SWING46 in hopes of helping [...]

Ralph Peterson Jr., Drummer Who Re-Enlivened Hard Bop, Dead At 58

Ralph Peterson Jr., performing in 2012 at Symphony Space in New York. Dave Kaufman Ralph Peterson Jr., a drummer, bandleader, composer and educator whose lunging propulsion and volatile combustion [...]

Tulane University jazz archive gets new name and expanded mission

Golden Eagles Black Masking Indians, 1980. Photographer: Michael Smith. Allison Miner Collection, Tulane University Special Collections. Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce an expanded mission and [...]

Downtown venue offers free weekly jazz, blues concerts in Colorado Springs

Jazz fans, this is your year. And you have Evan Hooton, owner of The Gold Room, to thank. Last April, he started doing somewhat regular jazz shows at his [...]

Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival goes virtual

The 54th annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, hosted by the University of Idaho’s eponymous school of music, will be delivered virtually this year, but organizers are still finding a [...]

National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment will Host a Facebook Conversation with Memphis Legend Joyce Cobb

The public is invited to join the conversation Feb 28th at 6 p.m. as the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment hosts Memphis legend Joyce [...]