ORLANDO, Fla. — Locals can enjoy some of the best and youngest jazz bands in Florida, with 48 performances are taking place over 2 days. 1. Tyra Wright is an 11th grader at Apopka High. We met up with ...

An acclaimed jazz band has canceled its New Year's Eve performance at the Trump-Kennedy Center following the renaming of the institution. Though the Cookers did not provide a reason, the band said the ...

The Kennedy Center will ring in 2026 with little fanfare after jazz supergroup the Cookers cancelled their New Year's Eve performances at the venue. The move comes nearly two weeks after the Kennedy ...

The Temple University Jazz Band is preparing for a banner year in 2026, with several international concerts and a performance at an invitation-only collegiate competition on the docket. But the ...

AIKEN — Four Cats in the Doghouse is the house band in Aiken’s living room. The jazz quartet has played a weekly gig at The Willcox for 16 years, setting up next to a fireplace in a corner of the dark ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Thurston Moore is obsessed with jazz. Not the mellow, easy-listening variety that serves as background music in ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has officially unveiled its full Jazz Fest 2026 lineup. Slated to take place across two long weekends from April 23–26 and April 30–May 3, the announcement ...

The ensemble will perform a program that includes New Orleans jazz repertoire alongside holiday works arranged in the group’s distinctive Creole sound. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, known for its ...

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 ...

Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks return with their 11-piece ensemble, performing 1920s and early jazz repertoire with period instrumentation including violins, tubas, banjos, and vintage drum sets. The ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...