Dr. John and Ivan Neville at the Red Hot + New Orleans concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Starting with a parade (down an opera-house aisle) and ending nearly three hours later with a jam session, Red Hot + New Orleans brought a generous Cresc... more info

(December 6, 2010) CAM Jazz of Rome, Italy, just announced the availability of 90 CAM Jazz albums in a special room, comprising all of the jazz albums in the label's acclaimed catalog in honor of the label's 10 year Anniversary on the iTunes Store to... more info

Lucky Peterson was a childhood prodigy playing blues and R&B from an early age and mastering several instruments, even scoring a major label deal at one point. After some personal problems that led him to take a lower profile, he returns with this al... more info

By Nick DeRiso Densely layered, with an elegant construction, Black Dub doesn't start out all that much differently from your average recording by uber-hip producer Daniel Lanois. Then something welcomely dangerous, almost feral, happens. Lanois
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From a concert in Stuttgart, Germany. Louis Armstrong on trumpet and vocals, Trummy Young on trombone, Peanuts Hucko on clarinet, Billy Kyle on piano, Mort Herbert on bass, and Danny Barcelona on drums... more info

The 9th edition of the Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival will occupy multiple days on Dubai's calendar of entertainment and fun starting February 1st, 2011 till the 18th of the same month, hosting 37 international bands, several venues and s... more info

This week, let's take at look at some video clips of Zappa Plays Zappa, who will be in St. Louis next Wednesday, December 8 to play at The Pageant. This will be ZPZ's third visit to St. Louis in the last four years, and this time around, their show ... more info

All About Jazz is celebrating Cassandra Wilson's birthday today! Cassandra WilsonThe voice is more visual than audible; shaded, iridescent, tangible, substantial. It seems to flow effortlessly. Read any of the dozen or so biographies on Cassandra W... more info

Seems like someone is always stumping, championing, or advocating for the 'indie.' And groups like AIM, A2IM, Merlin, and until recently—eMusic—have been built around the concept. But whatisan indie exactly? Well, the list now includes Taylo... more info

On December 12, bassist and composer Mario Pavone will be in Philadelphia with Orange Double Tenor. The sextet, featuring saxophonists Tony Malaby and Marty Ehrlich, trumpeter Dave Ballou, pianist Peter Madsen and drummer Gerald Cleaver, will perform... more info