Mighty hot stuff...check out the Stefon Harris and Blackout video for "Gone" off the new album Urbanus, released on Concord Jazz on August 25th, 2009...Urbanus, the new release by vibraphonist-composer Stefon Harris signifies his 7th album as a band...

What follows is an article I came across entitled "The young lionesses: 10 future female jazz stars" by S. Victor Aaron via Jazz.com...thought it was well worth passing it on: "The face of jazz is changing, largely because the gender makeup of jazz is...

Legendary jazz vocalist Chris Connor, who first came to prominence with the orchestras of Claude Thornhill and Stan Kenton and went on to record dozens of successful albums and singles, died on Saturday evening, August 29 at the Community Medical...

Haydn "Eddie" Higgins, well-known Chicago jazz pianist, passed away on August 31, 2009, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 21, 1932, he initially studied privately with his mother and then Higgins started his...

Hey There! Be sure to check out the free live jazz performances (schedule listed below) at our friend Mike Jeffers Chicago Jazz Magazine Booth offered during the 2009 Chicago Jazz Festival in Grant Park this weekend (September 4th-5th-6th)...also stop...