This summer, keyboardist George Duke, bassist Marcus Miller and saxophonist David Sanborn , performing under the moniker DMS, will tour together for the first time. Sponsored by Jazz Cruises, producer of The Jazz Cruise and The Smooth Jazz Cruise, the tour kicks off on May 28 at the House of [...]

By signing Oscar-winning actor and musician Jeff Bridges, EMI’s Blue Note Records has proven once again that it’s not afraid to step outside the jazz box when it comes to fortifying — and diversifying — its roster of artists. The storied jazz label that in the recent past has signed [...]

On June 14, Resonance Records will release a 30-year-old Freddie Hubbard recording titled: Pinnacle, Live and Unreleased: From Keystone Korner. The disc comprises more than an hour of high-level performances by Hubbard on trumpet and flugelhorn, along with pianist Billy Childs, bassist Larry Klein, saxophonists Hadley Caliman and David Schnitter, [...]

On Monday, April 25, the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) celebrates its one-year anniversary as guest NEA Jazz Master Wayne Shorter sits in to perform with BGJI faculty Danilo Pérez, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, John Patitucci and BGJI students in a tribute to Shorter’s legendary musical career. The concert will take place at 8:15 p.m. [...]

Through a worldwide auction of personal items and memorabilia, artists and songwriters from across the EMI family are raising funds to help the Red Cross support people affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan. From among EMI’s jazzier artists, here’s what’s up for bid:   *A piano lesson [...]

Bay area bassist Marcus Shelby’s latest project, recorded with his 15-piece Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, is titled Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Porto Franco Records). It’s a heady, ambitious and ultimately successful piece of work that finds Shelby addressing the civil rights movement of [...]