Saxophonist Javon Jackson, a Grammy nominee and former member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, is also scheduled to perform, ...
The Uptown Jazz Festival returns on Saturday, Aug. 1, once again bringing together jazz, funk, soul and Latin rhythms for an ...
Manty Ellis, the beloved guitarist dubbed the godfather of Milwaukee jazz, has gone silent, but those who he played alongside ...
"My solos always seemed to bring the record up another notch," Johnson said in one interview. He played with Frank Sinatra ...
An anonymous watercolor portrait of Francis Johnson holding an early 19th-century horn Courtesy NYPL On March 9, 1819, a supremely gifted musician named Francis “Frank” Johnson played a concert at the ...
Milwaukee's music community is mourning the loss of Grover Edwin "Manty" Ellis, a legendary jazz guitarist, who died Thursday at the age of 93.Ellis was born in 1933 in what's now ...
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CHICAGO (WGN) – Notes and chords make the song, but for a budding band it’s the listening that makes the music. If you’ve ever walked past the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC) on the city’s ...
In 2024, singer-songwriter Nicole Zuraitis took home the Grammy for best vocal jazz album with a record of all original songs ...
Labor Day Weekend Festival Kicks-Off with Friday Golf Experience and Music Masterclass The John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival returns to Oak Hollow Festival Park on Sept. 5–6, 2026, ...
A pioneering jazz musician, known for one of the most famous saxophone solos in music history, has died. Plas Johnson died July 15 at his home in Los Angeles, multiple outlets report. He was 94.