Vince Giordano, bandleader of New York City’s Grammy-winning hot jazz band The Nighthawks, is no stranger to the world of film-making. He has appeared in
French Quarter Festival proudly bills itself as the largest showcase of Louisiana music, anywhere. The 33rd annual festival which lights up the old Vieux Carré
Here’s a book that should be required reading for Jazz 101 courses worldwide. While aimed primarily at novice jazz fans, more experienced aficionados will also
Behind the Armstrong Singer’s Dealings with the famed Nightclub Owner and Oswald Killer. Most people associate Jack Ruby with the striptease shows that unfolded nightly
For nearly 50 years, Arkansas-born Dan Hicks picked guitar and sang songs that cleverly blended the best of American music styles. Hicks died Feb. 6,
They may be named the Chicago Hot Six but the band’s style is sheer New Orleans. “We aim for a very old New Orleans sound,”
36th ANNUAL JAZZ BASH BY THE BAY FESTIVAL. (Monterey, Calif.) – March 3-6. While the Monterey Convention Center is undergoing a $40-million upgrade, the 36th
New Orleans pianist Allen Toussaint died suddenly Nov. 9, 2015, while on tour in Madrid, Spain. A soft-spoken, sharp-dressing icon of the Crescent City music
Every jazz fan should visit the venerable Preservation Hall in the French Quarter of New Orleans at last once. It was 1961 that the late
During the 1930s Steve Cullen, Sr. led a successful dance band in New England, and before that played with one of the most popular groups
This was our very first Festival Roundup back in February 2016. It covered annual events held between February and May. The sad truth is that
Over the years many New Orleans families have proudly passed down musical traditions from generation to generation. Names such as Tio, Dodds, Keppard, St. Cyr,
We’ve all heard her, but do any of us really know her? Published last year in celebration of the centenary of Billie Holiday’s birth, John
If pure, passionate and powerful horn-playing is your cup of tea, you owe yourself a big gulp of Live & Unplugged featuring Orlando-based trumpeter Charlie
Jazz Tales from Jazz Legends, a new book by Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, distills an oral history
