Yahoo! Music — NEW YORK (AP) — The Rockefeller Foundation and Jazz at Lincoln Center are teaming up to put jazz in the ears of thousands of urban school children across the globe. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Every election year is about competing visions of America and what it means to be an American. Political parties this summer are particularly divided between and among themselves. The Hollywood Bowl, however, has offered to help with the ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Every election year is about competing visions of America and what it means to be an American. Political parties this summer are particularly divided between and among themselves. The Hollywood Bowl, however, has offered to help with the ... more info

Chicago Tribune — Chicago audiences have heard the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra often since 1992, when it first performed here, but never quite like Monday night at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park. This time, JLCO artistic director and trumpeter Wynton Marsa... more info

Chicago Tribune — So what is America's most prominent and powerful jazzman doing writing a classical violin concerto? In fact, the Violin Concerto that Wynton Marsalis composed for Scottish violin virtuosa Nicola Benedetti, which will receive its American premiere wit... more info

Guardian Music — Baritone saxophonist who worked with Wynton Marsalis for a quarter of a centuryAlthough hailed by many as Scotland’s greatest ever jazz musician, the baritone saxophonist Joe Temperley, who has died aged 86, only fully matured as a soloist aft... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Within one month, dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley completed a stint on Madonna's “Rebel Heart” tour, came to New York for a highly praised "Jazz at Lincoln Center" program with Wynton Marsalis and tap star Jared Grimes, shared... more info

Guardian Music — The jazz singer finds pop success by resolutely following his own pathThere’s something striking about the press reviews of singer-songwriter Gregory Porter’s third album, Liquid Spirit (2013). They’re all written by specialist j... more info

Guardian Music — The great jazz musician talks about his surprise at taking the prize, what it means to win, and why avant garde music no longer needs to grate on the listenerPrior to Monday, the only jazz performers to win a Pulitzer prize for music (while still ali... more info

New York Post — Wynton Marsalis was born in the Big Easy, but the Big Apple’s been his home since he was a Juilliard student. His Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will give the music of Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and more the J@LC treatment with their “Jazz in t... more info