Pat Metheny

Charlie Haden Family & Friends (Decca) * * * The stereotypical disconnect between the worlds of jazz and country music was beautifully crystallized many years ago when celebrated drummer Buddy Rich was in the hospital. Just before going into surgery,...

Charlie Haden Family and Friends, "Rambling Boy" (Decca) Shenandoah, Iowa native Charlie Haden was a child yodeler on World War II-era radio who became a successful jazz bassist, the father of four musicians and the father-in-law of actor Jack Black....

Here's evidence that there is, in fact, an audience for original music in Newport News. On Sunday afternoon, more than 600 people turned out for an outdoor festival at Peninsula Fine Arts Center that featured The Prisoners, a local band that plays mostly...

Esperanza Spalding, a 23-year-old bassist, vocalist and composer from Portland, Ore., is so wildly talented that when her publicity material announces that she "might well be the hope for the future of jazz and instrumental music," it seems like a...

When Jelly Roll Morton, who played a pivotal role in inventing how to play jazz piano, spoke of using a "Latin tinge," he was referring to a certain rhythmic pattern called the habanera, that crept into his style. Eighty or so years later, we can speak of...

OCTOBER Today -- Velvet Revolver, Alice in Chains, Sparta, 7 p.m. SoundAd. Today -- Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, The Audition, We The Kings, 7:30 p.m. Revo. Today -- Patti LuPone, 8 p.m. Carnival. Today -- Yellowjackets, 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Sandoval....

Ornette Coleman, who earlier this year became only the second jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, swept the top honors at the Jazz Awards 2007 on Thursday, winning in four categories, including musician of the year. Coleman's "Sound...

Complete list of nominees in 108 categories announced Thursday for the 48th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: 1. Record of the Year "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey "Feel Good Inc.," Gorillaz featuring De La Soul "Boulevard...

Hometown: Ellicott City Current members: Eric Robertson, drums; Andrew Davidsen, lead electric guitar; Jacob Yoffee, saxophone; David Meer, electric, acoustic and bass guitars; Mitchell Shaivitz, percussion; Richard Walton, bass and acoustic guitars....

Typically, the jazz nominations for the 45th Grammy Awards are a mix of prime choices, vaguely defined categories and entries that belong elsewhere. On the prime side, there is the classy best jazz instrumental album lineup. It's hard to go wrong with...

Album of the year: "Come Away With Me," Norah Jones. New artist: Norah Jones. Record of the year: "Don't Know Why," Norah Jones. Song of the year: "Don't Know Why," Jesse Harris (performed by Norah Jones). Hard rock performance: "All My Life," Foo...

The Atlanta Symphony walked away with the awards for top classical album, choral performance and engineered album. Sound familiar? In the 1980s, Atlantans so manipulated the voting that the academy eventually changed its rules. This time, though,...