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Trumpeter/cornetist Kirk Knuffke has been based in New York City since 2005 and has played with a who’s who of that city’s free jazz / improv / creative scene. He recently took the time to answer a few questions from AMN. In New York, you...

By Don Heckman Los Angeles - April 29. (Tues.) Nouveau Stride. Lorraine Feather and Stephanie Trick. Singer/songwriter Feather and stride pianist Trick combine their considerable talents for an evening inspired by the music of Fats Waller, James P...

Once again, the e-card for the June tour: The Village Vanguard run is going really well. Cats are coming out to see the maestro. The first night Steve Jordan and Nasheet Waits posed with Billy in the kitchen: Last night, it was Johnathan Blake...

Last week, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz announced the 12 semi-finalists for its annual competition for young musicians, often seen as the most prestigious in jazz today. That sparked a rally of Internet responses, notably from pianist Ethan...

Tal Farlow was born in 1921 in Greensboro North Carolina. When he was about eight years old his father gave him a mandolin tuned similarly to the top four strings of a guitar and taught him a few chords. Tal became able to play this instrument in a chord...