Area jazz students learn from the masters (The Wenatchee World)

The Wenatchee Jazz Workshop is under way this week in the music room at Wenatchee High School. Jazz bands from Eastmont Junior High School, Wenatchee High School, Pioneer Middle School and a combined band from Orchard and Foothills middle schools are getting help from six professional musicians.

Teen jazz group to perform at library (Alameda Journal)

After two successful shows, the Live@theLibrary mus ic series wraps up with a jazz concert Saturday night. That’s when Michael Zilber, director of the Jazzschool Advanced High School Jazz Workshop, and six high school musicians will take the stage.

Sunbeams: Jazz workshop brings joy to Lamorinda (Lamorinda Sun)

AS BOB ATHAYDE, director of the 11th annual Summer Music Jazz Workshop, said at the climactic free concert at Lafayette’s Stanley Middle School, “This is the essence of sound.”

Review: Jazz season starts strong (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

The 41st season of the Topeka Jazz Workshop got off to a rousing start on Sunday afternoon at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center thanks to an 18-strong ensemble of the local musical heroes who comprise the Topeka Jazz Workshop Band. read more

Stanford’s Jazz Workshop is a legacy of the masters (Stanford Report)

Stanford’s Jazz Workshop draws students ages 12-17 who come to play and learn from some of the masters.

MUSIC INDUSTRY: Keyboard Legend Larry Vuckovich Defends San Francisco Jazz History (All About Jazz)

Glad to read someone of Larry Vuckovich’s stature speak up about the San Francisco jazz-club scene back in the day.