Vibraphone has often been a rare specialty on the local jazz scene, but two vibes-based bands have recently appeared: Onda, an up-and-coming Brazilian quartet, did three sets at Brasa, while Juan ...

KJ Denhert is a regular performing artist at the New York 55 Bar, the club where guitarists Mike Stern and Wayne Krantz also love to entertain their guests in the club's intimate ambiance. To see KJ ...

It’s a beautiful Sunday morning and three longtime professional musicians are only minutes away from a gig. Only this time, drummer Paul Testa, 64; pianist Ron Simone, in his 70s; and bassist Dick ...

In the midst of the 1980′s a bunch of young hippies gather together in a small container on an industrial site. at the south part of Rotterdam, Holland, generating an immense untuned cacaphonia of ...

Syracuse NY - During the month of August, five Syracuse neighborhoods will again ring with the sounds of music provided by the Jazz in the City urban outreach concert series. Events are scheduled ...

On Aug. 4 and 5, jazz lovers from across the nation will gather at the Colwood Golf Center (near Portland International Airport) as the beloved Vanport Jazz Festival gets underway. “We want people to ...

The Vibe Doctors want to change your perception of jazz trios. “Jazz is hard sell; you’re usually background noise,” said vibraphone player Jason Mathena. “We don’t want to be a band that people just ...

Jazz may be miles away from pop in terms of financial power -- its intake roughly amounts to the change Pharrell Williams leaves behind in the couch cushions -- but its Twitter community reacted to ...

Not many jazz musicians can boast of a career as distinguished and diverse as the late Roy Ayers. A vibraphonist by trade, Ayers wore many hats: improviser, composer, record producer and band leader, ...