Woody Herman

Shawnn Monteiro, a smart, swinging vocalist, heads a triple-bill Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in New Britain as part of Trinity-on-Main's jazz series. "An Evening with Shawnn Monteiro" also features the power-packed sound of The Steve Lord Big Band and the...

Dave McKenna, a master jazz pianist who embraced the music of the Great American Songbook in fashioning a strong career primarily as a solo artist, has died. He was 78. McKenna died Saturday at his home in State College, Pa., and had been battling lung...

Neal Hefti, a former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer who worked with Count Basie and Woody Herman and later composed the memorable themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the campy hit TV series "Batman," has died. He was 85. Hefti died...

Bach Festival Society Of Winter Park Listings information is subject to change. Performances of the Choral Masterworks Series are in the Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. Single tickets are $20-$50; 407-646-2182 or...

Album of the Year "Genius Loves Company," Ray Charles and various artists Record of the Year "Here We Go Again," Ray Charles and Norah Jones Song of the Year "Daughters," John Mayer Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal "Vertigo," U2 Country...

Chances are you didn't win a Grammy on Sunday. Our condolences. Maybe this will brighten your day: You didn't win any of these awards either. Weakest Excuse of the Night: E! co-host Kathy Griffin was late to the green carpet. "I was stuck in traffic,"...

Half time entertainment at each of the 37 SuperBowl games since 1967: I Universities of Arizona and Michigan bands II Grambling State University band III "America Thanks," Florida A&M University IV "Mardi Gras," Carol Channing V Florida A&M band...

Ella Fitzgerald was discovered there. So was Sarah Vaughan, James Brown and the Jackson Five. Now the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem stands to be discovered itself by thousands of new visitors, with next Saturday's debut of the first open-ended show in...

September 12 Evening Stars. Free outdoor dance festival presented by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The Joyce Theater with companies, including American Ballet Theatre, Balletmet Columbus, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and the New York City...

Running a large jazz ensemble is no easy task these days, if only because of the economics involved. So give Chicago tenor saxophonist Sam Burckhardt credit for having the gumption to lead a nonet, particularly one as disciplined as the band he...

There was a story Frank Zappa liked to tell about the time in the late '60s when he and the Mothers of Invention were booked, along with Woody Herman's big band, to play a dinner for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.Seeing as these were...