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Dig into 13 tracks from this influential drummer and bandleader, chosen by writers and musicians including several former ...
Very much a local gathering, the free festival is an effort to have music bring people together in an informal, urban setting. Rooted in the community but inviting to all who want to share its values, ...
Krauss, a 27-time Grammy Award-winner, last performed in San Diego with Led Zeppelin alum Robert Plant. She and her band, ...
“Big band music” isn’t everybody’s first thought when they’re pondering what to punch into Spotify, we’ll grant you that. But if all big bands make you think of is “jazz hands” and ...
National Grid's Jazz in the City concert series returns this week with a Brooklyn-based jazz band with Eastern European and ...
Beaumont native Andre Harness was originally a drum major in high school before he started playing the saxophone in college at Lamar University. He went to school for music education, but ended up ...
STEVE METZ, All-State Jazz Band (Drum Set), is a Senior, and the son of Angie and Tony Metz. He is a member of QHS Concert Band, QHS Concert Choir, QHS Blue Devil Big Band, QHS Madrigal Singers ...
Middle and high school jazz bands from across Berks County performed at the Kutztown Jazz Festival held at Kutztown Area Middle School on March 15. “Unlike a competition, this festival is a ...
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Four students representing Mississippi and Alabama will lead Mississippi State’s Famous Maroon Band as drum majors during the 2025-26 academic year. The 400-plus members of the ...
For years, a claim has circulated online that comedian Chevy Chase once played drums in a band that would eventually, after Chase's departure, become the popular rock group Steely Dan. One 2017 ...
Festivalgoers gather on the lawn of Piedmont Park for Atlanta Jazz Festival, which has been an annual festival for almost half a century. Fifteen artists are slotted to perform for this year’s ...
The annual Weekend of Jazz provides an unparalleled opportunity for youth and adults throughout the region to listen to, participate in and learn from great jazz.