John Clayton is a natural born multitasker. The multiple roles in which he excels—composer, arranger, conductor, producer, educator, and yes, extraordinary bassist—garner him a number of challenging ...

Carnegie Hall's critically-acclaimed national youth jazz orchestra—NYO Jazz, led by artistic director/trumpeter Sean ...

Mike continued taking lessons from and established a lasting relationship with John Clayton for the following few years. Mike's professional performing career also began in his High School years when ...

The late Oscar Peterson is revered as one of jazz’s greatest pianists. Peterson is best known for composing “The Africa Suite ...

The Sun Ra Arkestra is one of the performers at the 46th Tri C JazzFest. Here, the Arkestra performs onstage at the 2024 A ...

Qualcomm co-founder Irwin M. Jacobs provided nearly $400,000 in seed money for the festival, whose second edition features a talent-packed international lineup.

Reporting from the opening weekend of the biggest jazz festival in the world, we find a stellar line-up informed by jazz’s ...

The Argentine who was also a jazz pianist and classical conductor won four Grammys and was nominated for six Oscars.

The W.D. Packard Concert Band’s Fourth of July Spectacular will start with a debut and end with a bang. Opening for the Packard band ...