Showcasing some of the finest live Latin jazz/soul music, “Cool Jazz: Featuring Alfredo Rodriguez” will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in ...

Kirk Whalum opens up about his new album 'Epic Cool,' spiritual foundations in jazz, and carrying forward the legacy of jazz giants in a Star Studio interview.

The legacy of jazz came to life in the Averitt Center's recent performance, where The Jazz Legacy Project celebrated the ...

Revealing his unique vocal style, ‘Chet Baker Sings’ transformed the poster boy of West Coast cool jazz into a bona fide pop idol. If Chesney Henry Baker, Jr, had never recorded a vocal album ...

He then became involved with the nascent cool-jazz movement in New York, taking part in the performances (1948) and recording sessions (1949-50) of Miles Davis' nonet and contributing scores to the ...

West Coast jazz is cool jazz, that you guys are cool jazz. When they start saying that, what's your reaction? DAVE: Listen to the music. I tell 'em, "go listen to Look For the Silver Lining and ...

Enjoy a night of electrifying Latin rhythms and soulful improvisation from Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez ...

Since then, the Newport Jazz Festival has been on board for every evolutionary phase of the music — bop, cool jazz, fusion, free jazz, whatever mode was making waves wound up on its stage.

Hot Jazz & Cool Nights” in the coming months. This winter, experience the magic of jazz as it unfolds in iconic venues like ...

After the rise of bebop, jazz splintered into competing camps. In the 1950s, a more melodic style known as “cool jazz” gained widespread popularity, championed by Miles Davis, Stan Getz ...

LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) – What’s Cool At School? How about hundreds of high school jazz students from around the western U-S at UNLV. At the 5th annual “Essentially Ellington” festival ...