The Gold Coast Jazz Society is thrilled to launch its 2024-2025 Series with a lively, rootsy performance from the renowned New Orleans street band Tuba Skinny! Known for reviving early 20th-century ...

Over my too many years of attending the Chicago Jazz Festival, I’ve been most excited by two types of sets. The fest sometimes gives us a rare (hopefully not last) chance to see a legendary elder of ...

New Orleans is the birthplace of Louis Armstrong and jazz itself. The city’s history flies like a contrapuntal melody above the heartbeat rhythms of America. “A lot of people like to consider it the ...

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Trumpeter Branden Lewis is one happy man – a man who is happy to be able to have a job that allows him to do the thing he loves most: play music. The Grammy-nominated Lewis will join his fellow ...