Bartz is one in a small class of elite players tapped for the nation’s highest jazz honor this year.
The Nimoy may be small, but this “reimagined” movie theater will be hosting some big acts in the coming season.
A jazz festival should honor the tradition and its contemporary practitioners by headlining them.
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra backs the Master Chorale and guest vocalists in music by Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams.
The star trumpeter and composer will take over Randall Kline’s job in the fall.
Jazz, spirituals, and classical song merge in an intriguing crossover event.
