Jazz

Whitney Balliett, a jazz critic at The New Yorker magazine for more than 40 years whose vivid, highly metaphorical writing encouraged readers to hear jazz through his prose, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 80...

The 80-year-old Liverpool-born entertainer and writer has health problems including emphysema and lung cancer. Melly took part in a question and answer session in the first half of the show, which was part of a UK-wide tour...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The swelling is gone from Andrei Kirilenko's foot, but not the soreness. And now his pain has spread...

Styling Tall and slightly boxy design hints at the Jazz's strong utility. It's reminiscent of a slightly shrunken people carrier. Handling The Jazz drives well up to its modest limits - roadholding is good and it's comfortable on motorways, too...

, , , And will headline this year's New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival. The stars will be joined by Louisiana favourites, like , and , who make up 80 per cent of the performers at the festival which spans two weekends...

Without two sidelined starters of their own, the New Orleans Hornets got 21 points from and beat Utah 94-83 Saturday night as injuries started to pile up for the Jazz. "Forget about the guys being hurt," Sloan said...

Blog Archive JAZZ NOTES: Sloan tells players be home by midnight (The Salt Lake Tribune)...

1. What significant moves were made during the offseason? Shortly after the season ended, Greg Ostertag officially announced his retirement...

With major venue set to open in S.F., the year looks promising for jazz The talker so far? Yoshi's in San Francisco. Come July, the Oakland have legs...