The term "creole" is one of those protean things whose meaning hinges on the context in which it is used. At the very least, it tends to suggest some degree of acculturation or multiple ethnic ...

New Zealand-born jazz trumpet player Lex French, hailed by Radio Canada jazz critic Stanley Pean as “an extraordinary trumpeter,” is fast becoming a bright star on the Canadian jazz scene. French ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Montreal is a city of two cultures: French and English, usually commingling, sometimes colliding. In their fight for cultural relevance, they are often at odds. In literature, they call this "two ...

Mr. Solal, who also wrote music for films and symphony orchestras, was revered in Europe and hailed in the United States on his rare visits there. By David A. Andelman Reporting from Paris Martial ...

The Olin Arts Center Concert Hall is the setting for two don’t-miss jazz performances in May. Masters of the sophisticated French-Gypsy swing pioneered by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist ...

French Quarter Festival officials unveiled the lineup for the 31 st annual free event, happening April 10-13, 2014. "Dr. John, who hasn't performed at the free, four-day outdoor festival since 1987, ...

Claude Bolling, a French pianist, composer and bandleader who became one of the most successful jazz musicians in Europe and gained a devoted following across the Atlantic with his pleasing fusions of ...

Bob French was one of the legends of New Orleans' jazz. French was a drummer, singer and bandleader of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band. He died Monday at the age 74. And let's take a moment to remember ...

Are New Orleans music fans facing the prospect of another silent spring? Unfortunately, yes. The chances of the 2021 French Quarter Festival and the 2021 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival occupying ...