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 ...

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 blues feeling. This is FRESH AIR. Our jazz critic Kevin ...

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 ...

Pharoah's Dance; Strollin'; A Peck a Sec; My Romance; Soft Impressions; Mo's Theme. Split Decision by Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring Share / Embed Wishlist supported by Richieb thumbnail Peter Haas ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The alto saxophonist Vincent Herring projects his sound in a strong, centered beam, and even his most intense moments suggest a controlled combustion. You could chalk that up to experience — Herring, ...

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 ...