All About Jazz — A couple of years ago - maybe it was three - I linked Rifftides readers to a video so clever that it's worth bringing to you again. Now that the staff has mastered the art of embedding, this time you see it right here on our screen; no linking requir... more info

Express Newspapers — Club schedules are littered with tribute bands these days, but not often do they include musicians who worked extensively with the original leader. more info

Chicago Tribune — Appearance: The new home of the Jazz Showcase (806 S. Plymouth Ct., 312-360-0234) gleams like a jewel box. Soft lighting casts an amber glow on the room. The wall-to-wall photos of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and other icons (and... more info

All About Jazz — Grammy Award-winning double-bassist Ray Brown was a leader in defining the modern jazz rhythm section -- in addition to being a first-rate soloist. His unique dynamic and innate sense of swing graced performances by Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgeral... more info

All About Jazz — By the time Billy Taylor was 29 years old, he had already had a lifetime of jazz experience. By the close of the 1940s, the pianist had played with Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Big Sid Catlett, Cozy Cole, Stuff Smith and many other jazz gi... more info

All About Jazz — In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, improvising guitarist, DJ and friend o' this Web site Tony Renner is exhibiting his visual art during April at the Urban Eats Cafe and Bakery, 3301 Meramec Avenue in the Dutchtown neighborhood of south St. Louis.T... more info

All About Jazz — In one image displayed at the exhibit, 57 jazz artists gather on a stoop in Harlem in 1958. Dizzy Gillespie sticks out his tongue at Roy Elridge, and Count Basie sits next to a row of neighborhood boys. The museum traces jazz from its roots to its... more info

All About Jazz — I've seen two documentaries about Charlie Parker recently, but I haven't seen a lot of Parker. In an age when archives are filled with newsreel footage and videotape on even the most obscure of public figures, Parker seems always to have been somewhe... more info

All About Jazz — Celebrate a night of Bebop and Vocalese @ Bistrouge. Just a few blocks from jazz legend Charlie Parker's home in the East Village. Come enjoy a night of jazz dedicated to the genre he helped develop. Cory S. Thompson and his trio will be playing cl... more info

All About Jazz — The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by Bobby Sanabria, presents “FOR HORACE, MANNY and MARIO” a tribute to Horace Silver, Manny Albam and Mario Bauz, on Friday, March 20 at 7:30 pm in the School’s John ... more info