This is FRESH AIR. Our jazz critic Kevin Whitehead has a review of a new album by alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, who Kevin describes as operating squarely in the jazz mainstream, the perfect ...

The Cornell jazz ensemble is a group of 21 student musicians who practice and perform alongside Prof. Paul Merrill, music. Each semester, the largest ensemble in the Ivy League puts together shows for ...

New York-based saxophonist Vincent Herring is one of the most sought-after players in jazz. Over the past four decades he has appeared on hundreds of albums as a sideman, recorded more than 20 of his ...

Ends and Means is Vincent Herring's fourth CD as a leader on the HighNote label. Where Herring once sounded like Cannonball Adderley, he has developed his own distinctive sound over the years, whether ...

With more than a dozen discs as a leader under his belt, Vincent Herring has developed a foolproof prescription for making great records: employ compatible sidemen, choose appealing compositions and ...

Brooklyn music lovers are in for a special treat just in time for Valentine’s Day. For the first time ever, Brooklyn’s premier professional orchestra, the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, is dedicating a ...

When soul jazz was born in the late 1950s/early 1960s, it provided a pathway for the funky, window-rattling grooves of contemporary soul and R&B to infuse the muscular hard bop of the day. For the ...

Yuka Mito, a very appealing jazz singer who made a strong impression with her previous release Time After Time, displays her continuing evolution on Love In The City. The new album will be released on ...

Drawing inspiration from one of the great albums of the late fifties, Cannonball Adderley’s “Somethin’ Else,” the newly organized collective Vincent Herring & the Something Else! Band wears its ...

Herring is an alto saxophonist with a dynamic sound and aggressive attitude. His new album features jazz with a big dollop of swing rhythm and... Vincent Herring Infuses Jazz With Bold Strokes And ...