"Search and Restore" is a music series featuring cutting edge jazz. Its producers, Adam Schatz and James Donahue, became frustrated with the difficulty of finding affordable venues in ... Read More

Dave McKenna, (May 30, 1930 - October 18, 2008) was known for his brilliant solo piano performances, fluidly combining stride piano, bebop, and everything in between. He played with Woody ... Read More

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter will perform a new classical work at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, December 2nd at 8:00 pm. The Imani Winds quintet will perform "Terra Incognita," Shorter's first composition for ... Read More

Maria Schneider's second album, Coming About (1996), has been remastered, and will be reissued this tuesday, November 25th. Along with the mail-order CD, customers will be able to download videos ... Read More

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Jazz piano giant McCoy Tyner will celebrate his 70th birthday at the Blue Note in Manhattan's East Village for the entire week between December 9th and 14th. Each night will ... Read More

During the Cold War, the U.S. State Department sent jazz musicians abroad to improve the country's image. Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, and other "jazz ambassadors" traveled to Asia, ... Read More

Thoughts and prayers of musicians and jazz fans are with saxophonist Mark Turner this week. Turner, best known for his work as alongside Kurt Rosenwinkel, and with the Fly trio, ... Read More

With all this talk about Thelonious Monk Competitions and Thelonious Monk Festivals, I thought it was time to add a profile of Thelonious Monk the pianist. Read my ... Read More