Home from college in the fervid summer of 1968, Dave Eshelman was determined to put theory into practice. The world was aflame with revolution, unrest and political violence, but the 20-year-old ...

When he was 12, Charles Hamilton saw Louis Armstrong on television—he thinks on The Ed Sullivan Show. That pivotal performance inspired him to tell his mother he wanted to play trumpet. It’s worked ...

The Albany Jazz Band began 30 years ago as a hobbyist community practice group in Albany, California. In 2008, under new leadership, the band shifted toward a more serious performance focus. By 2013, ...

A Grammy-winning pianist, he was renowned for works that created “new ideas about line, harmony, rhythm, sound and musical architecture,” one admirer wrote. By Richard Sandomir Jim McNeely, a Grammy ...

For one of the few big band jazz groups in the region, it’s all about keeping the music alive and well. The origins of The Dues Band stem from founder Alan Hirayama wanting to create a musical ...