Jazz Music News

Read To Revive A Jazz City, A Philadelphia Musician Stages A Festival
May 5, 2012 – The efforts of a 28-year-old trombonist resulted in the city's most important day for jazz in years.

Listen In New Orleans, A Health Clinic For Working Musicians
May 5, 2012 – The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic caters to artists without insurance who can't afford to miss work.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: May 4, 2012
May 4, 2012 – International Jazz Day in review, a conversation with Cecil Taylor and Blue Note's Don Was ... is.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: April 27, 2012
April 27, 2012 – Herbie Hancock's International Jazz Day, veteran bassists profiled and ghost bands carry on.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: April 20, 2012
April 20, 2012 – Five musicians named Doris Duke Artists, jazz as survival and Jazz Samba's 50th anniversary.

Read Why Tax Day Is Even Worse For Musicians
April 16, 2012 – The contradictions between art and business are set into relief by the U.S. income tax code.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: April 13, 2012
April 13, 2012 – Supporting a beloved saxophonist, plus a blogathon, a list of award nominations and a second chance.

Listen In D.C., A Bastion Of Black Entertainment Returns
April 8, 2012 – The Howard Theatre, the center of what was once dubbed "Black Broadway," reopens this week.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: April 6, 2012
April 6, 2012 – BADBADNOTGOOD makes people angry, Jack DeJohnette is celebrated and a Bill Evans documentary.

Listen Reviving James Booker, The 'Piano Prince Of New Orleans'
March 31, 2012 – An upcoming film examines the man many called New Orleans' best pianist in a hundred years.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: March 30, 2012
March 30, 2012 – Jabali Billy Hart releases a new album, Jazz Media Day and a firestorm about a pianist from 1997.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: March 23, 2012
March 23, 2012 – Herbie announces International Jazz Day, jazz stars play late night and long-form documentaries.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: March 16, 2012
March 16, 2012 – Christian McBride, radio host. Plus, a Portland blog, musicians' finances and too-complicated music.

Read Around The Jazz Internet: March 9, 2012
March 9, 2012 – Clarinetist Don Byron on his New Gospel Quintet, plus Enrico Rava's return and trouble in Harlem.

Watch The Jazz Journey Of Joe Byrd: From Background Bassist To Spotlight Star
March 9, 2012 – Byrd played bass for his more famous brother, jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, for 40 years.



