Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Folks don't often think of North Carolina as a jazz mecca, but a remarkable number of jazz masters hail from the Tar Heel State.

At the end of last week, soulful melodies and improvisations could be heard around UNC’s campus. The Carolina Jazz Festival — hosted by the UNC Jazz Studies area and Carolina Performing Arts — held ...

Colombian jazz and classical pianist Carolina Calvache, is part of the new generation of pianist and composers whose style blends South American rhythms with a contemporary New York sound. Her ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Jazz Festival celebrates its fortieth year in Wilmington, when it kicks off Thurs., Jan. 23 at the Hotel Ballast. The event runs through Sat., Jan. 25. The ...

The Carolina Moon Jazz Group are an exciting group of superbly talented jazz artists which features the dynamic partnership of vocalist Carolina Moon and Roger Manins on tenor saxophone. Playing fresh ...

Last month, Chapel Hill iconoclast Larry Thomas’s latest book, Carolina Shout! The Carolina Jazz Collection was published by United Brothers & Sisters Communications in Drewryville, Virginia. The ...

Last weekend, the UNC Department of Music hosted its 49th annual Carolina Jazz Festival, bringing together student talent and visiting artists to share in the syncopated sound. This year, baritone ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Middle and high school girls from South Carolina are invited to join the jazz faculty at the University of South Carolina’s School of Music for the inaugural Jazz Girls Day on ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Jazz Fest is returning to downtown Greenville this weekend. The free festival will take up Main Street in downtown Greenville beginning on Friday, June 12, and ending ...

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - South Carolina jazz legend Skipp Pearson has died, his foundation confirmed Tuesday. Pearson passed away at the age of 79 Monday night from organ failure caused by a long battle ...

Folks don't often think of North Carolina as a jazz mecca, but a remarkable number of jazz masters hail from the Tar Heel State. John Coltrane was born in Hamlet. Thelonious Monk was born in Rocky ...