Jump blues was a style of music that developed in the 1940s and was an offshoot of the big bands of the day. It was essentially an uptempo swing combining jazz, boogie and blues that was popular in ...

Nicole Parker Brown and The Jazz Kings are an eclectic band that produces a blend of beautiful Jazz, Blues and Latin music that enlivens audiences. These inspiring artists all have an exceptional ...

The street band Tuba Skinny from New Orleans brought a unique crowd to the High Noon Saloon last Monday. Rather than a young, drunk crowd of college students with no sense of personal space, an older ...

AKRON, Ohio - This weekend the heart of The Rubber City will become a hotbed of hot jazz and hot talk as the 9th annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Fest returns to downtown Akron from Thursday through ...

Blues icon Duke Robillard is no stranger to the Capital Region, having played in the area many times in his award-winning, fan-pleasing career. He brings his band of jazz-inflected blues, with a ...

“The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.

Charles Brown was the pioneer originator of the immensely influential postwar California blues style. Though identified with his classic “Driftin’ Blues,” he was not committed to just the blues, and ...