Eric Harland finally takes the stage with his own band

Zhenya Strigalev's Smiling Organizm is a free-loving, hard-driving, hip young collective of musicians from New York and London, in town for a two-night engagement at the Agharta Jazz Centrum.Strigalev is a 30-something Russian alto saxophonist, ...

Noodling gloriously, sax men Joe Lovano and Joshua Redman feel their way into the acoustics of a new space with "Blackwell's Message," named for the irresistible drumming of Ed Blackwell, who parlayed his New Orleans parade beat all over the world.

Seriously though, don't miss our real jazz superstars this month - Printmakers" featuring Nikki Iles, Norma Winstone, Mike Walker, Mark Lockheart, Steve Watts and James Maddren. Glad to say that Nikki will be celebrating her 50th birthday with us ...

Charles Lloyd performs at the 2008 Souillac Jazz Festival in France. Photos by mpix46 via Flickr. Saxophonist Charles Lloyd is celebrating his 75th birthday year with grand concert celebrations, and he continues to tour and record, including a new ...

Hamilton College placed second in the women's varsity eight against St. Lawrence University, and the rest of the races were cancelled due to high winds and unsafe rowing conditions on the Erie Canal in Rome, N.Y., on April 20. The course was 2,000 ...

GENEVA and MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND The Montreux Jazz Festival is putting jazz in the driver's seat for its 2013 festival in July, the organization said Thursday 18 April, in unveiling its lineup. The 47th edition marks Jazz's return with a vengeance ...

(Daily Press (Newport News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Ravi Coltrane considered all the potential dangers and frustrations of joining the family business. Then, he went ahead and did it anyway. As the son of famous jazz ...

Jazz Full reviews of recent jazz performances: nytimes.com/jazz. A searchable guide to these and other shows is at nytimes.com/events. Rez Abbasi Trio (Saturday) The guitarist Rez Abbasi has made a string of worthy albums in recent years, and on ...

City standouts Kayonna Lee and Abbie Hein are among the area seniors selected to play in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association girls all-star games June 14 in Wisconsin Dells. Eau Claire North's Lee is the only area player on the Division 1 ...