Bob French was one of the legends of New Orleans' jazz. French was a drummer, singer and bandleader of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band. He died Monday at the age 74. And let's take a moment to remember ...

At its best, jazz is hand-tailored music that can be shaped to fit just about any setting. For French-horn master Tom Varner, a concert in the intimate, resonant Chapel Performance Space at the Good ...

At various times since its origin, jazz has had an interesting claimant. The French have long maintained that the various musics leading up to the development of jazz in the early years of the 20th ...

According to Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, the French horn in jazz dates back to 1921. By the 1930s, the instrument was popping up on recordings by Bing Crosby and Woody Herman. In the 1940s, Artie ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Genevieve Jazz French Duo – featuring Mary K Zaborniak, accordionist and keyboardist and Genevieve Padula, vocalist Locals and tourists seeking a taste of France in the Second City are encouraged to ...

French jazz organist Eddy Louiss, who played in the Stan Getz quartet in the early 1970s, died Tuesday in a hospital in central western France. He was 74. By Colin Stutz French jazz organist Eddy ...

Montreal is a city of two cultures: French and English, usually commingling, sometimes colliding. In their fight for cultural relevance, they are often at odds. In literature, they call this "two ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival gave itself an out, then opted not to take it. Contracts often stipulate that the festival must pay deposits to bands 60 days before opening day. Jazz Fest’s ...

George French, the versatile and prolific New Orleans jazz and rhythm & blues bassist and vocalist, died Aug. 28 of complications from COVID and cancer at a care facility in Metairie, his son Gerald ...

VietNamNet Bridge – The French Institute in Viet Nam will present Friends Reunited, a night of jazz music by the Mezcal Jazz Unit and Vietnamese musicians, at the Sofitel Saigon Plaza Hotel tomorrow, ...