I first met Herb Geller in 2002 at a concert in Amsterdam at the original Bimhuis jazz club. The band was gathering their equipment from the stage and we started chatting about being raised in Los ...

New York, NY: Paul Williams, President of The ASCAP Foundation, announces that The ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composers Awards (an annual program for jazz composers) has received a major, multi-year ...

Herb Alpert is a man of many talents. As a jazz musician, writer, and producer, he has broken multiple industry records—five albums simultaneously in the top 20 of Billboard’s Pop Album Chart and the ...

The program recognizes gifted young jazz composers, defined as up to the age of 30. By Paul Grein The ASCAP Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2025 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards.

The Jazz Education Network (JEN)’s JAZZ2U initiative has been picked by the Herb Alpert Foundation to receive a $25,000 grant, which will help the organization dole out grants of its own. JEN—which ...

Dr. Herb Wong, a highly regarded jazz journalist, broadcaster, educator, historian and producer, died April 20 at his home in Menlo Park, Calif. The cause was cancer. Wong was 88. Among his many ...

The beloved jazz guitarist and member of the Oscar Peterson Trio struggled with Alzheimer's in later life. By The Associated Press Herb Ellis, the critically acclaimed jazz guitarist who played with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s some iconic, even comforting live music planned for the next couple of weeks in Denver’s jazz scene. Do take in the work of wizened innovators, but ...

The ASCAP Foundation recognized twenty talented young jazz musicians this week, bestowing each of them with the 2021 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award for their original compositions and ...

Streaming platforms for Some Call It Jazz: Herb Ellis Live in 1981 haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online. 'Some Call It Jazz: Herb Ellis Live in 1981 ...

On Easter Sunday, I ran into jazz saxophone great Joshua Redman in the unlikeliest of places: on the baseball field in Oakland, after the A’s game, where we were both running the bases with our kids.

The jazz world has lost one of its most influential guitarists. Herb Ellis died Sunday at the age of 88. Known for his nimble improvisations and bluesy playing, Ellis was the heartbeat of pianist ...