New Orleans Jazz Fest 2014 comes to a close on Sunday (May 4), but we suspect we'll see some of the hats we spotted at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for years to come. I must confess, ...

Charleston Jazz's Tip of the Hat Award goes to South Carolina saxophone player Houston Person, who was born in Florence and ...

Shade on the New Orleans Fair Grounds during Jazz Fest can be tough to find, especially if your focus is on dancing to the music coming from one of the many stages. Here, we offer an appreciation for ...

After leaving Philadelphia decades ago to follow his dream of playing jazz, bassist and composer Christian McBride is “never any happier” than being here, in New York. Although he lives in Montclair, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

On their first step into the unknown of club owning, it was the inestimable pianist, British-born George Shearing who helped the Mastellers make a statement. Twenty-five years ago, on March 30, 1999, ...

International Jazz Festival was anything more than disappointing, but I did hint at concerns about what new director Derek Gorman had in mind. Not that Gorman, a chap who was brought into the ...

Hats are good for your health, but a style liability. A hat is either going to make your look perilously casual or overly fashion-y. Both are bad Most guys wear ball caps with some kind of graphic on ...

It’s called the Montreal International Jazz Festival, but of course we’ve all known for years that “jazz” can mean everything from Afrobeat to Bob Dylan. And that’s just fine. So few people are going ...