The Chicago Jazz Festival, one of the nation’s largest free jazz festivals, returns as an in-person event on September 1-4, 2022, with a full schedule … Read More “2022 Chicago Jazz Festival Schedule Announced”
Singer and actress Freda Payne is set to appear in Ella, First Lady of Song, a musical about jazz vocal legend Ella Fitzgerald, running Aug. … Read More “Freda Payne to Star in Musical About Ella Fitzgerald”
Pittsburgh native Roger Humphries has been named the recipient of the 2022 Living Legacy Jazz Award, presented by PECO (the Pa.-based energy company) in association … Read More “Roger Humphries Named Recipient of the Living Legacy Jazz Award”
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the recipients of its prestigious Jazz Masters fellowships for 2023. Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, and Louis … Read More “2023 NEA Jazz Masters Announced”
“When’s the next gig?” So spoke the trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and Strata-East Records founder Charles Tolliver after receiving the Jazz Foundation of America’s Lifetime Achievement … Read More “At the Jazz Foundation Gala, Needs Met and Unmet”
Many jazz fans might be surprised to learn not only that there is a casino in Queens, N.Y. (the only such establishment within the borders … Read More “Louis Armstrong Art Exhibit Opens at Casino in Queens”
The Montclair Jazz Festival has announced its series of summer concerts to be held in downtown Montclair, N.J. The festival, which is produced by the … Read More “Montclair Jazz Festival Announces 2022 Summer Season”
Somi, who released the album Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba earlier this year, has been appearing at the New York Theatre Workshop in an … Read More “Somi’s Play About Miriam Makeba Running Off-Broadway”
The Vail Jazz organization has announced the names of the 12 young jazz musicians who have been selected to participate in the prestigious Vail Jazz … Read More “Vail Jazz Announces Students for 2022 Vail Jazz Workshop”
Pianist and composer Helen Sung is the winner of the 2022 Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, which was presented by the performing rights organization BMI … Read More “Helen Sung Wins BMI’s Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize”
