James Jackson and Janet Walker relax on the lawn while taking in the opening night of the Chicago Jazz Festival at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion on Aug. 31, 2023.

Bassist and composer Marcus Selby brought his orchestra to SFJAZZ Center on December 2. The show was a twist on Tchaikovsky's holiday classic "The Nutcracker." (Photo courtesy of Ronald Davis) ...

A longtime Coloradan and trailblazing musician widely considered the Jackie Robinson of classical music, Burrell died early ...

featuring one of the top bassists in jazz; groundbreaking harpist Brandee Younger; and trailblazers for South Carolina’s Gullah community - Ranky Tanky with Lisa Fischer. Also on Saturday at the ...

Check out these photos from Jazz Fest's opening day ... April 24, 2025. Bassist Cornell Williams of Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen during their Jazz Fest performance on Thursday ...

Aneesa Strings wowed the audience as a quadruple threat, encompassing equal strength as a bassist ... Strings makes Hollywood Jazz Festival debut. June 16, 2024 Photo; Aneesa Strings Facebook ...

Ron Carter, the world’s most recorded jazz bassist, is now part of the Alabama ... he headed upstairs to the museum for a final round of photos with the Jazz Hall of Fame staff.

Jazz bassist Stanley Clarke sits at the center of the room, six young musicians focused on him as they practice at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center on a recent afternoon.

Since moving to Chicago 25 years ago, the Rockford-born bassist, 43, has put out 15 albums of originals, a body of work that defies generalization. He’s composed for jazz bands, classical ...