There are plenty of shows to catch at the many small venues sprinkled around our varied landscape in Monterey County.

Epiphanies come, as epiphanies do, in unexpected and often far-flung settings. For trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, three such ...

He was definitely experimental. It wasn’t as if he played just rock, blues or jazz – he foraged a different line. To me he ...

“He never stopped loving Jeanette, ever, and when she died, that was his tipping point,” Steph Wood explains. “There had ...

What: Jim Thomas plays from 6-8 p.m. before Random AF takes the stage at 9 p.m. on the Hard Rock Cafe stage. Guests must be ...

Introducing Vocalist Kate Kortum article by Sanford Josephson, published on January 1, 2026 at All About Jazz. Find more Rising Stars articles ...

Red Garland’s Soul Junction returns in a superb OJC reissue—clean, balanced sound, authoritative piano, and essential listening for anyone who loves the piano.

Tenor saxophonist Ron Blake and guitarist Bobby Broom have played together many times over the years, going back to Broom’s 1997 album, Waitin’ and Waitin,’ and beyond. It was Broom who hired Blake ...

The Marx Brothers movie marathon, birdwatching at Fresh Pond, Ron Suskind on presidents, and more events from around ...

The City of New Orleans, obviously, holds a mythical status in the world of jazz. The genre (or at least the form with which ...

Dominick Critelli, a 104-year-old World War II veteran, wowed the crowd at the UBS Arena in Long Island, New York on Saturday ...

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson portray Mike and Claire Sardina, a real-life married couple who performed in a Neil Diamond ...