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NCCU Jazz Ensemble & Faculty to Perform at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola

The Jazz Studies program of the NCCU music department invites you to a performance of America’s “rare and valuable national American treasure” – jazz! The NCCU…

NCCU’s 25th Annual Jazz Festival

Since 1988 coordinators of the annual spring jazz festival at NCCU have added – to the public’s delight – more jazz performances and…

WFMT Jazz Network Adds New Host Clifford Brown, Jr. and Premieres New Schedule with Co-hosts Greg Bridges and Lee Thomas

CHICAGO-March 1, 2016: The WFMT Radio Network is proud to announce the addition of Clifford Brown, Jr. to the Jazz Network beginning on March 15,…

New Sunday Program: Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air Weekend is a new program airing on WNCU every Sunday, beginning January 10, from 9-10 pm. It will highlight some of the best interviews…

Allen Toussaint, the legendary songwriter and pianist, has died

Allen Toussaint, the ever-elegant New Orleans performer, producer and composer of such R&B classics as “Working in the Coal Mine,” “Mother-in-Law,” “It’s Raining”…

NCCU Jazz Studies Program Presents Benefit Concert

North Carolina Central University’s Jazz Studies Program presents Keep The Vision Alive, a Nov. 22 concert featuring award-winning Department of Music artists-in-residence Branford…

Legendary Jazz Vocalist Mark Murphy Dies in New Jersey at 83

Legendary jazz vocalist Mark Murphy has died in New Jersey after a lengthy illness that kept him from performing since 2012. He was…

2016 NEA Jazz Masters

Today the National Endowment for the Arts announced the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters: Gary Burton, Pharoah Sanders, and Archie Shepp, with the 2016…

Phil Woods, Saxophonist Revered in Jazz and Heard on Hits, Dies at 83

Phil Woods, an alto saxophonist revered in jazz circles for his bright, clean sound and his sterling technique — and widely heard on…

Popular radio show host killed in Sunday crash

VANCEBORO | Tom “The Jazzman” Mallison, a popular Public Radio East personality who hosted a weekly jazz show, was killed Sunday night in…

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