Travel back in time to a 1920s speakeasy in the frenetic days of jazz, hot jazz, upon stepping into THE BIRDLAND BIG BAND AT BIRDLAND EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. The packed house pulsated in the low-lit ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

When he was 12, Charles Hamilton saw Louis Armstrong on television—he thinks on The Ed Sullivan Show. That pivotal performance inspired him to tell his mother he wanted to play trumpet. It’s worked ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has officially unveiled its full Jazz Fest 2026 lineup for April and May.

Maui’s Chop Suey Jazz Orchestra and the Na Ali‘i Big Band will celebrate the holidays with a free show at The Shops at Wailea ...

The University of Minnesota-Duluth UMD treated both students and community members to a night of jazz with their Big Band ...

The Albany Jazz Band began 30 years ago as a hobbyist community practice group in Albany, California. In 2008, under new leadership, the band shifted toward a more serious performance focus. By 2013, ...

The fact that Nashville has long been home to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the nation’s premier facility devoted to country music history, is shocking to no one. Though the decision to ...