BEN Holder’s Incredible Fiddle Jazz Quartet is playing the Crooked Billet in Stoke Row next month. The jazz violinist studied classical music at the Birmingham Conservatoire, discovering the jazz ...

By KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING February is indeed the month of jazz at ArtSpring, as another Canadian jazz legend and his ...

By KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING Dave Brubeck’s game-changing 1959 album Time Out is an American masterpiece of “west coast cool jazz” that resonates to this day. The odd time signatures, […] ...

Recording Backgrounder: Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers January 26, 2025 Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley began recording in New York in 1953 as part of the Max Roach Sextette.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga Community College has announced the lineup for the 46th annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, happening from Thursday, June 26, through Sunday, June 28, at Playhouse Square.

In anticipation of a hot, new full album release from The Noah Peterson Quartet, a preview of what's to come has been released in this latest single. “Waltz for Tom" is a moody, original composition ...

As one of the charter members of The Modern Jazz Quartet, a pioneering group that ... Though hugely influential – Oscar Peterson was one of his prime disciples – Tatum’s life came to an ...

To kick things off, I listened to the Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson album ... Next up was the Coleman Hawkins Quartet album Today And Now. This is another classic recording from the Hawk ...

Winning an Oscar is considered the biggest honor an actor, writer, producer or director can receive. Why would anyone turn that down? And yet three people in the history of the awards have done ...

His most memorable KNKX radio moments include introducing Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Oscar Peterson, and other greats; attending jazz festivals in Spain and Argentina with groups of KNKX jazz fans; ...