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Dr. John to Lead 'Insides Out' Retrospective at BAM in New York

Known as New Orleans’ favorite son and the physician of voodoo funk, Dr. John is a multi-Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, whose music embraces blues, pop, and jazz as well as zydeco, boogie-woogie, and rock ‘n’ roll.

Telluride Jazz Festival Broadcasts Live Online

Can't make it to Colorado? Here's an alternative.

Frank Foster: 1928 - 2011

The Cincinnati-born saxophone player was also an extremely successful composer. He created a large body of work for jazz, including works contributed to albums by singers Sarah Vaughan and Frank Sinatra.

Blue Note Jazz Club Celebrates 30th Birthday with New Jazz Festival

Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Chaka Khan, Bobby McFerrin, The Roots and many more to perform in June in this new city-wide New York jazz fest.

Coming Soon! Jazz Legend Roy Haynes at Jazz Standard

The great jazz drummer is the only living and active jazz musician to have worked with Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.

Billy Taylor: 1921 - 2010

The legendary jazz pianist performed with such celebrated masters as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.

James Moody: 1925 - 2010

Known to all as simply “Moody,”, James Moody was a highly accomplished musician on the tenor and alto saxophones, flute, and later vocals.

25 MacArthur Fellows Win Genius Grants of $500,000 Each

The new Fellows work across a broad spectrum of endeavors and include a jazz saxophonist, a neurobiologist, a critical care physician, an urban farmer, an optical physicist, a sculptor, a geriatrician, a historian of medicine, and an inventor of musical instruments.

Abu Dhabi Coaxes Marsalis to Visit the Arab World

As part of the 2010 Abu Dhabi Festival, jazz icon Wynton Marsalis makes his debut in the Arab world among a stellar roster of performers.

Ahmet Ertegun Dies at 83

Under Ahmet Ertegun’s direction, Atlantic Records evolved from a groundbreaking, independent R&B and jazz label into one of the world’s preeminent music companies.