The Les DeMerle Amelia Island Jazz Festival is set to begin on Sun., Oct. 1 and will run until next Sun., Oct. 8. Some of the events planned for the festival include jazz and wine tasting, Latin Jazz ...

Read full article: River City Plus: Beyond the beat with Les DeMerle Created by Les DeMerle and his wife Bonnie Eisele, the Amelia Island Jazz Festival started as a way to keep the jazz vibes flowing ...

In the mid-1990s, a jazz combo called Al Cardillo and Friends began playing at Papa Razzi, an Italian restaurant on Jericho Turnpike in Westbury. At the time, the idea met with more than a little ...

The Mission of the Amelia Island Jazz Festival: As a not for profit 501(c)(3) corporation, the Les DeMerle Amelia Island Jazz Festival distributes proceeds toward a scholarship program to fund college ...

Grammy-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and acclaimed guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli with his Big Band lead the lineup for the 2025 Tilles Jazz Fest, returning to Long Island University’s ...

When Tom Dunn launched the Tilles Center’s summer jazz festival last year, he hoped to fill a void. With New York City’s jazz clubs a nearly two-hour drive west, and the Hamptons JazzFest even farther ...