Mangione was also busy with personal projects during the 1980's. He hosted an 8-hour concert featuring jazz legends Dizzy Gillespie and Chick Corea, which benefited the Italian earthquake Relief Fund.

Honoring jazz legends and rebuilding for the future. A century of music, history and resilience lives on in Buffalo's iconic Jazz Museum.

It's part of a $35 million commitment to jazz from the Mellon Foundation. The foundation plans to donate to the Pittsburgh ...

The Context: Abercrombie was born to opera singers who moved frequently, but she eventually settled in Chicago’s Hyde Park ...

James C. Horton, HSA president & CEO - "The Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Academy will not only serve as the perfect platform to teach this amazing art form, but it will also serve as a reminder of the ...

Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis. Outside of his band, Lewis made many albums under his own name, the earliest in 1955. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Mabern is unique among the best jazz ...

Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone are jazz legends, but in the 1960s, they were unwittingly used as decoys by the United States to deflect attention from its role in its meddling in ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — After a resounding response in 2024, the Choral Arts of Chattanooga is bringing back All That Jazz! The encore includes jazz standards for choir, soloists, and jazz combo ...

Detroit jazz bassist and educator Marion Hayden named the 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist. Award-winning jazz bassist, educator and mentor Marion Hayden has been named the 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist ...