Rock 'n' roller Rod Stewart and big-band leader Jools Holland share an enthusiasm for model trains, and music. So, when the two decided to get together to make an album of jazz classics from the 1930s ...

If you’ve been feeling a little cooped up the last few months and are looking for a fully vaccinated event to relieve your cabin fever, Juneau Jazz & Classics has a solution. The group will present an ...

Holiday Swing!,” the Charleston Jazz Orchestra’s (CJO) annual Christmas program, is an accessible, fun way to enjoy jazz Dec. 6 at the Charleston Music Hall.

The first big band concert of the season for the Thompson Jazz Studies Program will feature a couple of familiar faces in new roles—along with new twists on old, familiar tunes. On Thursday, Oct. 12, ...

It's a rare and beautiful thing when two passions, shared by two people, come together so happily, and when the results produce two kinds of fun. Take Rod Stewart, rock star legend and model train ...

Basically, she arrived on Broadway in the 1950s and never left. After being the ingénue in Flahooley in 1951 and then starring in the original musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The ...

On the spectrum of jazz challenges, Wayne Shorter’s 1965 album Speak No Evil appears to lean toward the easy side. It sits in a comfortable and utterly approachable medium swing. Its primary theme is ...

Juneau Jazz and Classics is doing its version of “spring forward, fall back” by shifting its focus to early-year events including extending its annual spring festival and a new collaborative three-day ...

Drummer/band leader Dave Potter will release a new recording, “Retro Groove,” on March 22 via Square Biz Records. A native of North Carolina, Potter began playing drum set in high school and started ...

The Vermont Jazz Center (VJC) invites the community to celebrate the culmination of its fall semester at the Student Showcase ...

The jazz/pop vocalist Kat Edmonson would probably have made a great singing star in the ’40s and ’50s. But she’s also doing fine right now. From the start, the Texas-born singer was blurring the lines ...