Tonight, before Los Angeles jazz adventurer Terrace Martin hit The Pour House stage in Raleigh for The Art of Cool Project and 9th Wonder’s monthly soul series Caramel City, Art of Cool president Cicely Mitchell announced the full lineup for next year’s third annual Art of Cool Music Festival, scheduled May 6–8, 2016, in Durham.
By Eric Tullis
There’s jazz this afternoon at Georgetown University in the federal city as New Orleans saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr. appears in McNeir Hall for a special free matinee performance (1:15 p.m.).
By Michael Buckley
Jazz fans will get rare live sightings of some great acts in the coming weeks, plus exciting releases from Colin Towns, Tigran Hamasyan, Brad Mehldau and a classic by Errol Garner.
Festival Miami, the University of Miami Frost School of Music’s annual potpourri of classical and popular musical genres, opened Friday night with a celebration of American symphonic creativity at UM’s Gusman Concert Hall.
World-renowned trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Terence Blanchard takes over Berklee this week, as a visiting scholar in the Jazz Composition Department, with a week-long schedule of seminars, classes, and clinics. On Thursday, October 22, we’re letting him take over our Facebook account as well. Join us on the Berklee College of Music page from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Pianist Aaron Parks is a jazz musician who came to the public’s attention during his time with trumpeter Terence Blanchard.
By Matthew Ruddick
Celebrating unforgettable musical legends, blazing pathways for new dimensions in jazz– this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival had it all. In its 58th year, the 3-day musical extravaganza, held last weekend, kept its fine tradition alive with headliners Wynton Marsalis (MJF’s Artist in Residence) and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Chick Corea, Pete Escovedo, Sheila E, Dianne Reeves, Ambrose Akinmusire, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride, Trombone Shorty—just to name a few.
By Barbara Smith
The Monterey Jazz Festival’s 58-year old “trumpet on chair” logo is as identified with the annual musical and cultural institution as its idyllic beach town setting and impressive bookings. So it’s only appropriate that the 2015 version, which ran from Friday, Sep. 18 through Sunday, Sep. 20, would feature a broad array of trumpet virtuosos.
By Yoshi Kato
The spotlight is shining brightly on the arts at Holy Cross.
From musical performances to art exhibitions to theatre productions, the College will host a slew of events during the fall semester.
“At Holy Cross, we see the arts as an indispensable facet of a liberal arts education founded in Jesuit principles,” says Margaret Freije, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the College.
