Early in the first set of a two-night/four-show run at Birdland by the WDR Big Band, its musical director, Bob Mintzer, gave the capacity crowd a brief bit of background on the ensemble we were ...

We talked to Peter Wolf about his excellent new memoir and hanging with everyone from Van Morrison to Howlin' Wolf to Aretha Franklin ...

In the Village Voice bestselling author T.J. English interviews saxophonist Darryl Yokley about his ambitious take on a literary masterpiece.

A Jerry Garcia-themed concert venue and restaurant is set to open in Chicago on May 21 from promoter Peter Shapiro. Get the details here.

As we head into March (and inch toward spring!) there is no shortage of things to do in North Jersey. Most of them are ...

Since that time, Swift has recorded in a variety of settings, including on the uniformly excellent The Birdland Big Band Live (CD Baby, 2018), ...

Discover new beers, speak to brewery representatives, have some food and enjoy entertainment by the Mr. Lovejoy band. Go: The Big Brew Beer ... regularly performing at Birdland and released ...

He is a member of The Skip Wilkins Quintet, The Tony Gairo/Gary Rissmiller Big Band, and The Great Swamp Blues Band. Paul released four CDs as a leader while living in New York, which have received ...

big venues in Paris. Huge, huge venue. It'd be a lot of money. She said, "Okay, I'll stay another week." -♪ How do you translate ♪ ♪ N'oublie pas les paroles? ♪ ♪ Lullaby of Birdland ...

The iconic track still retains its dynamism and rhythmic cohesion, while also feeling more intimate as if you're in the room with the band playing around you ... your eyes and pretend you're onstage ...