5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alto Saxophone

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.
The Kingston Whig-Standard

School's concert band returns for encore at Santa parade

One of the advantages of being a concert band playing in a parade is that you don’t need to go into it with an extensive ...

Jimmy Kimmel Cries Throughout Tribute to Lifelong Friend Cleto Escobedo After Band Leader’s Death: 'It's Just Not Fair'

After the death of his late friend, Cleto Escobedo III, the leader of the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' house band, Cleto and the ...

Temple marching band is preparing to go to New York for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The 200-member band is one of 11 that has been selected to participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. It’s a first for Temple, which will be the only band from Pennsylvania.
The Harvard Crimson

EESA Strikes a Chord With Second Annual Ethio-Jazz Soiree

The event was a hit last year, and so EESA wanted to continue the tradition. Given this year’s turnout, the Ethio-Jazz soiree ...

Jimmy Kimmel Cries During Tribute to Lifelong Friend Cleto Escobedo After Band Leader’s Death: 'It's Just Not Fair'

Cleto Escobedo III, the leader of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! house band Cleto and the Cletones, died on Tuesday, Nov. 11 Cleto ...

The musician died on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the age of 59

Cleto Escobedo III, the leader of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! house band Cleto and the Cletones, died on Tuesday, Nov. 11 Cleto and the Cletones have provided the live music for Jimmy Kimmel Live! since ...

Nearly 60 years later, jazz star Dave Eshelman back to perform in Palo Alto

The writer may have been mistaken about a big band renaissance, but Eshelman is still on mission, and he opens a run of gigs ...