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Charles Lloyd is celebrating his 75th birthday with a new album, Hagar's Song, and concert in the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

A boogie-woogie pianist gets his due, Charlie Haden on his late drummer and Portland dispatches.

Festival organizers also know that they present a music whose creators get better and wiser with age. Surely enough, this year's lineup recognizes the continuing creativity of bandleaders like Jack DeJohnette, Dianne Reeves and Pat Metheny.

Rounding up all this week's classical news that's fit to link — featuring a conductor carrying the Olympic Flag, a ranking of national anthems and the sad ends of unwanted pianos.

Whether it's light or dark or exotic, it's hot on Now is the Time, Sunday, August 5th at 10 pm. Sainte-Croix takes us to a Central American jungle; Vierk,…

Since he came over from Cuba, the percussionist has found a place in scores of bands. Here, he's the star. He leads a quartet which goes beyond what you'd think of Afro-Cuban music or jazz.

Boston's Berklee College of Music, just up the road from Newport, has produced top jazz musicians for decades. It sends top students from its international initiative to Newport for a concert.

What if there were lost big-band masterpieces by the great composer/arranger Gil Evans which never made it to record? One man has found a whole stash of charts, and has brought their hues to light.

The drummer is no stranger to festival stages, but is usually a member of the supporting cast. An innovator within jazz traditions, Nash takes the spotlight when he leads this classic quintet lineup.

Nearing 70, the master drummer is as dynamic as ever. For his second gig at Newport, he opens his Rolodex to welcome leading lights like guitarist Lionel Loueke and bassist Christian McBride.