Jazz

The album "You've Got To Learn" captures Simone's 1966 Newport Jazz Festival performance, including a previously unrecorded song and a reimagined version of "Mississippi Goddam."

It’s time to take a look at events on tap for the weekend in the Queen City. The Charlotte Museum of History is hosting its annual African American Heritage Festival, an outdoor jazz series kicks off, the Davidson Players have a comedy production this weekend only, and the Bechtler Ensemble will be at the Duke Mansion.

"We Insist," the 1960 album by North Carolina native Max Roach, was performed by a 12-piece ensemble gathered by JazzArts Charlotte at the Black Lives Matter mural in uptown Charlotte in October. It will be shown online Friday at 8 p.m. on YouTube and Facebook Live to honor Black History Month.

Even though we're technically past Halloween, there's still plenty on tap for Halloween festivities all weekend. There’s also an award-winning musical, a…

The 50th anniversary Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival box set, out now, focuses on jazz legends and rising stars from the region.

The Charlotte area has lost one of its leading jazz men - John Alexander. The longtime saxophonist and composer died last Sunday, Nov. 19, in Gastonia. He…

Wednesday, October 1, 2014Once, the musical performed at the Belk Theater this week, is a different kind of musical experience. For starters, you can go…

At the stroke of midnight, on January 16th, 1920, America went dry. The 18th Amendment, known as the Volstead Act, prohibited the manufacture, sale and…

Three years ago, April 30 was designated as International Jazz Day to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the…

Charlotte pianist Chad Lawson might be best known for his jazz album Dear Dorothy: The Oz Sessions, which was featured in television shows, movies, and…