Normally lumped into the 'miscellaneous instruments' category of jazz awards, the cello has been something of a bit player in the colorful history of jazz. That said, today there are arguably more ...

People seem not to know what to expect when you sit down in a band with a cello. Many after a concert come and tell me 'Oh, Cello is my favorite instrument!' It is both a compliment and a curse: they ...

Fred Katz, a musician, composer and educator who helped introduce the cello to jazz, died Sept. 7 in Santa Monica from complications of kidney failure and liver cancer. He was 94. His death was ...

While cellist Jacob Szekely embraces his instrument as the lead voice in nontraditional settings, he’s consciously avoided the gimmickry often associated with such efforts. He doesn’t do anything as ...

Playing his tribute to Oscar Pettiford in the National Concert Hall this weekend is New York avant-garde jazz cellist Eric Friedlander. “When you cast around for a hero in the cello jazz category," ...

There's a musician onstage bending into his instrument with a look of feverish concentration on his face. He's plucking the strings, pulling faces and letting loose uncontained chord clusters ...

Wadud, saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, organist Joey DeFrancesco, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, trumpeter Jaimie Branch and saxophonist Ronnie Cuber are among the notable musicians who died in 2022.

Juneau Jazz & Classics’ new artistic director won’t take over until next year, but he’s already been named. Grammy Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey will succeed current artistic director William ...

"'When I chose to play it in fourth grade, I didn't know what a cello was. I thought it was a woodwind instrument. I walked up to this table in the classroom with all these different instruments on it ...

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When you’ve been around music for a while, it’s fun to realize how far you go back with some artists. Case in point: Rebecca Roudman and her band Dirty Cello play Kuumbwa Jazz Friday night. In a ...