The Liberace Jazztet, based at Northern Illinois University, is so named because it was formed in 2001 as a result of a grant from the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts. The ...

Mosaic's 7-disc The Complete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson/Jazztet Sessions is an extensive dissection of hard-bop's better proponents. In early '59, saxophonist Benny Golson was already ...

But Golson also enjoyed a memorable stint as a leader in the jazz world. In the early 1960s, he and trumpeter Art Farmer co-led a six-person ensemble called the Jazztet. Golson's tight arrangements, ...

CARBONDALE — The New Arts Jazztet will pay tribute to a retiring group member at the annual spring concert 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, in Altgeld Hall, room 112, Southern Illinois University. The jazz ...

Jim Leslie and the University of Dayton Jazztet will present A Night of Monk and Mingus at the Fitton Center this month. “The evening will appeal to people who love jazz – Monk and Mingus in ...

In 1959, rising jazz star tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson teamed with the esteemed trumpeter and composer Art Farmer to form the Jazztet. The band lasted four years, and featured such now ...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS) - The New Arts Jazztet will take the stage for the opening night of the popular Friday Night Block Party Music Series at Brews Brothers Taproom in Murphysboro, Illinois.

With the Jazz Messengers, the Jazztet was among the most important of the touring post-bop groups. Led by trumpeter/flugelhornist Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, the sextet recorded ...