Date of Birth: May 30, 1909
Date of Death: June 13, 1986 (77)
Birth Place: Chicago, IL, USA
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present multiple artists and bands, including Julie Benko performing Broadway Goes to the Movies, RON CARTER'S GREAT BIG BAND, and VINCE GIORDANO & THE NIGHTHAWKS.
Two Wisconsin high school jazz ensembles will open for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at the Marcus Performing Arts Center this week.
Rob Dehlinger and THE ALPHA RHYTHM KINGS released their second full-length album, PARTY TIME, featuring retro swing and jump blues.
Mike LeDonne's organ-led GROOVER QUARTET and guitarist Misha Mendelenko perform at the Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, New York this weekend.
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present nightly performances throughout October, featuring The Hot Sardines, Ron Carter, and birthday celebrations for Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk.
Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega will be honored with the 2026 Phoebe Jacobs Award at the Wonderful World Gala in New York City for her work using music to heal and connect audiences.
Gaslight-Baker Theatre’s Clue is a riotous night of murder and mayhem, packed with physical comedy, a spectacular set, fabulous costumes, and a scene-stealing live pianist.
The annual Village Trip festival will feature nearly a dozen concerts with world premieres by David Amram, Samuel Adler, and Anthony Davis, plus performances by the Horszowski Trio, Ahn Trio, and Cygnus Ensemble.
Pianist Chengcheng Ma will perform his Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall, featuring world and U.
Polka Theatre announced casting for the world premiere of TOTO, a stage adaptation of Ximo Abadia's children's book about a young donkey with astronaut dreams.
The autumn classical concert season will present violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv's album release concert, composer Victoria Bond's tarot-inspired program at The Morgan Library, and programming from The Village Trip festival.
The Austin-based string quartet will perform at The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, collaborate with the Isidore String Quartet at Yale University and Music Mondays in New York City, and appear with clarinetist David Shifrin in Virginia and Michigan.
Wynton Marsalis and the JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA will perform two nights at the Marcus Performing Arts Center as part of its Culture Collective Series.
Pianist and composer Steve Rawlins will release WORD ON THE STREET, an album of original compositions featuring Southern California musicians and members of his own family.
Seattle Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Performing Arts Series, featuring 15 performances spanning jazz, dance, global music, and theatre, including a newly commissioned work from Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich.
ChamberMusicNY will present the Israeli Chamber Project in two free performances featuring works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Bartók, Messiaen, and Israeli composers at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.
The free Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival will return to the Morristown Green, featuring Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, LaBamba and the Hubcaps, Dylan Triplett, and jazz acts across a full day of live music.
Scotland's Wonder Fools and South Korea's Theatre SAN have teamed up for TETHER 인연, a cross-cultural music-theatre show blending Scottish ceilidh and Korean Ganggangsullae traditions at Summerhall's Main Hall.
The annual Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival will return to the Morristown Green with 10 hours of free music, featuring swing, Latin jazz, blues, and a yet-to-be-announced Grammy Award-winning headliner.
NESTING, a new play written by Peter McCormick and directed by Ben Standish, will premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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