Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, jazz legend who played with Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey, and countless others, passed away this morning at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, ... Read More

Pianist Hank Jones, who has played with virtually everyone from Coleman Hawkins to Joe Lovano, has been awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize will be presented on a ... Read More

Listen to Louis Armstrong reciting the poem "The Night Before Christmas," by Clement Moore. This was recorded on February 26th, 1971 at Armstrong's home in Corona, Queens, New York, just ... Read More

On January 9th through the 11th, Smalls Jazz in Manhattan's West Village will host the third annual Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival. The collective output of the Brooklyn Jazz ... Read More

Ethan Iverson, the pianist in the ultra progressive trio The Bad Plus, interviewed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis earlier this year. Read the transcript on Iverson's blog, DO THE MATH. The influential and ... Read More

This coming Summer, violin virtuoso Mark O'Connor will bring his renowned music camp to New York City for the first time. From July 27th through the 31st of 2009, he ... Read More

Circulating on the web are bits of news that trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard suffered heart failure last week and entered the intensive care unit in Sherman Oaks, California, where he ... Read More

Celebrating his 75th birthday year with a Carnegie Hall performance that featured his jazz compositions as well as a new work for wind quintet, Wayne Shorter gracefully ... Read More

Miguel Zenón, recent winner of the MacArthur "genius" grant, will perform Thursday through Saturday (December 4th - 6th) at the Jazz Gallery in Manhattan. He will be presenting music written ... Read More

I've just posted my review of Sonny Rollins' October 28th, 2008 release, Road Shows, Vol. 1. The CD features live tracks, chosen by Rollins himself, recorded during some of his ... Read More