Paul Hardcastle has shared his son died in a motorcycle crash after missing his flight and trying to collect his saxophone ...

We're back! So, this week, a glance in the rear-view mirror at music that emerged from the Bay in 2025. First, however, I'd like to mention three musicians we lost last year, all of whom left a ...

Coria played with everybody from Vic Damone to jazz legend Lionel Hampton and served as a mentor to a generation of local drummers. He was 79.

"My friend Graham Beard and I were about 11, and we went to see some Bill Haley movies when we were on holiday. So we wrote some songs." ...

It’s the mid-1980s, and you want to help feed the hungry in Africa, Chicagoland or wherever need exists in the world.

For decades, this snazzy, jazzy ensemble has been on the stage for countless occasions in the Twin Cities. Now piano maestro Sanford Moore and his four vocalists have their own occasion to celebrate — ...

I n October ​ I went to the Royal Albert Hall to watch the final of the National Brass Band Championships. Each of the ...

Restaurants to make a date more memorable—in a good way.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Artists Lounge Live present Unforgettable: John Mark McGaha Sings Nat King Cole February 12 ...

One of jazz’s true outsiders, but also one of its most restless, pioneering spirits, Rahsaan Roland Kirk continues to inspire and influence today’s cutting-edge musicians. The release of two superb ...

When Alexa Tarantino was a young girl in West Hartford, her parents took her to see the local high school jazz band. “There ...

For the first time ever, Brooklyn’s premier professional orchestra, the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, is dedicating a full ...