Just in time for April’s Jazz Appreciation Month, “Eight Eight Time” is coming to Drexel University’s Mandel Theater April 3-5. This musical will be a rare experience with four grand piano’s playing ...

For quite some time, people have bemoaned the fact that there are few women jazz artists. To some extent this claim has been true, amplified by the circumstance that many women jazz musicians have ...

Back in the big band era, women on the bandstand played their roles as “girl singers,” not instrumentalists. Ella Fitzgerald got her start with the Chick Webb Orchestra. Sarah Vaughan worked with the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Eight Eight Time, is another ambitious work presented by Journey Arts and ...

The Women’s Jazz Festival, held at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights last January, was so popular that they are bringing it back Jan. 4-7, 2024, and co-owner Chip Brooks promises it will be even bigger ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. SMOKE Jazz Club has revealed its concert schedule for September 2025. The ...

“This most swinging of percussionists can spark any band with his perfect time and unwavering attention to detail.” – The New Yorker Renowned drummer (also rapidly gaining a reputation as a preeminent ...

It’s true that come March many jazz venues consciously look to book female instrumentalists in celebration of Women’s History Month. But it’s also true that presenters don’t have to search hard to ...

The Washington Women in Jazz Festival was born out of the necessity for more feminine representation in the genre. The festival’s founder, Amy K. Bormet, is a vocalist and pianist who noticed the lack ...

The Harlem Renaissance attracted a lot of attention, but the Chicago Black Renaissance, which rippled throughout the 1930s to 1950s, remains mostly forgotten — along with some of the most prominent ...