Over my too many years of attending the Chicago Jazz Festival, I’ve been most excited by two types of sets. The fest sometimes gives us a rare (hopefully not last) chance to see a legendary elder of ...
What quirk of fate governs whether or not a band captures the public imagination? A star-studded lineup? A strong set of tunes? Or just the good fortune to be in the right place at the right time? For ...
The Mile High Jazz Band, singer Jakki Ford, and nine award-winning poets and readers present “True Blue,” an evening of ...
It's "big-band jazz times four" when the Mile High Jazz Band and three youth jazz bands present the 22nd annual Jazz Extravaganza concert, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in the Bob Boldrick Theater at ...
Paul Cosentino’s Boilermaker Jazz Band brings the sounds of the jazz age and swing era back to life. Interpreting Jazz Classics and The Great American Songbook in their own unique fashion, you’ll hear ...
Eva Andersen is a four-time Emmy Award-winning reporter who writes, shoots, and edits many of her stories. She started at CBS Philadelphia in January 2024. Terell Stafford, the project band director, ...
You know it, I know it, we all know it—busy people often neglect their health, putting their crazy schedules first. (Take this from the person who exercised for three months with a torn bicep.) For ...
It’s impossible to overstate Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s dedication to the alchemy of their lineage—but the long-running group does much more than sustain the buoyant brass sound that distinguishes ...