Born in Washington, D.C., Eve was in her early 20s when she got her big break, discovered by famed jazz composer Duke Ellington.

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Composer and pianist Thelonious Monk’s eccentric style and innovative harmonies redefined jazz. His numerous contributions to ...

It was a sunny and lovely Palm Sunday afternoon in Houston and it seemed like the perfect time to get musically reacquainted with the talented Lone Star Lyric.

The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

If you left your heart in San Francisco, singer Michael Feinstein’s tribute to Tony Bennett will dazzle your soul. Dubbed ...

New Orleans based jazz singer Judith Owen is coming back to Australia for shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

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During his career he performed and recorded with, among others, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker. He was beyond doubt an authentic ...

One of the best was The Duke Plays Ellington (later renamed Piano Reflections). The album was recorded on Monday, April 13, 1953, when the Washington, DC-born jazz aristocrat, then a few weeks shy ...

A string quartet highlights the singular compositional voice of Hemphill, best known as a member of the World Saxophone ...

The Jonas Brothers once sang, "I just wanna play my music," and this summer, Ashland's got plenty of bands playing their own ...