16th RAGTIME TO RICHES FESTIVAL (Omaha, NE & Crescent, IA) July 9-10 COME ON IN…THE MUSIC’S FINE! First Central Congregational United Church of Christ, in
Important Australian Jazz Trumpet player Bob Barnard died on May 7th, he was 88. Along with his older brother, drummer Len Barnard, he was integral to the
SCOTT JOPLIN RAGTIME FESTIVAL (Sedalia, MO) – June 1-4th More than 6,000 people attend the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival each June, turning downtown Sedalia into
The Secret Six is the latest hot jazz band to establish itself in New Orleans, joining in the top tier an exciting roster of groups
Woody Guthrie put a now famous copyright notice on his works: “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OLD-TIME PIANO PLAYING CONTEST & FESTIVAL (Oxford, MS) – May 26-29 Every year over Memorial Day weekend in Oxford, Mississippi, the World Championship
Charlie Halloran is a hard working trombonist central to the post-Katrina traditional jazz revival in New Orleans. He’s a long time member of the Shotgun
The current queen of jazz vocalists, Catherine Russell, is in full glorious form on her eighth album as leader. Her last release, Alone Together, received
Conrad Janis passed away on March 1st, he was 94. Janis began acting with a road company at age 13, did voice work for radio,
JAZZ PENSACOLA’s JazzFest 2022 (Pensacola, FL) — April 2-3 Jazz Pensacola’s JazzFest 2022 is slated for Saturday and Sunday April 2-3 in Seville Square in
A more impressive lineup could not be asked for. Five of the most technically proficient, creative, and expressive jazzmen working today appear together for the
41st annual JAZZ BASH BY THE BAY (Monterey, CA) March 4-6 The 41st annual Jazz Bash By the Bay Monterey takes place March 3-6, 2022,
Guitarist Alex Belhaj is representative of the generation of musicians that have converged on New Orleans in the decade and a half since Hurricane Katrina
In 1993, when he must have been quite young, Andy Farber met legendary vocalese originator Jon Hendricks and began a long collaboration that included writing
SOUNDS OF MARDI GRAS (Fresno, CA) – Feb. 10-13 2020 The 2022 edition of this festive festival in Fresno kicks off at the Doubletree by
Dick Rippey passed away in the first hour of 2022. He was 88 years old. His remarkable jazz family was profiled in our December 2017
Chet Jaeger of the Night Blooming Jazzmen died on January 4th, he was the best 97 year old cornet player around. His father was a
Terry Teachout died on January 13th, he was 65. He was well known for his biographies of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and H.L. Mencken. He
The Wikipedia entry for Sandra Jaffe reads, in full, “Sandra Jaffe (March 10, 1938 – December 27, 2021) was an American club owner. She founded
