When Ravi Abcarian, the executive director of Oaktown Jazz Workshops, names artists who’ve honed their craft by participating in the program over the years, he unleashes an all-star roster of ...
McCoy Mrubata learned to play music on the streets because he wasn’t allowed in formal music institutions. Growing up during apartheid as a black male, Mrubata said he was systematically excluded from ...
For 30 years, Labor Day Weekend has been synonymous with Vail Jazz and this year the Vail Jazz Party will be held Friday-Sunday at Manor Vail Lodge in Vail Village, hosting some of the biggest names ...
Building on Stanford Jazz Workshop’s more than 50-year legacy of traditions and accomplishments, Combs will provide the overall visionary, strategic, programmatic, and operational leadership for the ...
“I never had any idea of how to practice,” Chris Potter told a room full of eager jazz students and enthusiasts at the Charleston Jazz Academy on June 3. This insightful remark set the tone for the ...
Tickets are nearly sold out for the triple bill grand finale of Vail Jazz @ Vail Square and the opening blowout for the multi-day Vail Jazz Party on Thursday. Fresh off of their intense workshop week, ...
Workshops will be held virtually during the first week of June. Beginning June 7, if all participants agree, the workshops may expand to meeting in-person, practicing safety guidelines from the CDC.
Today on Live at 9, Memphis Jazz Workshop (MJW) founder Stephen Lee and pianist Gabby Cain detail the program and an Annesdale Mansion fundraiser, followed by an original piece composed by the ...