Recordings by the superb Howard University Jazz Ensemble have been surfacing like clockwork each year since shortly after the orchestra was formed in 1975 by its first (and only) music director, Fred ...

“Among the things that have really annoyed me over the years is the lack of print coverage of the annual Benny Golson Awards at Howard University,” opines the late, great jazz writer and producer Bill ...

The Howard University Jazz Ensemble celebrates its golden anniversary in 2024 with the release of its annual studio recording, A Return to Glory, dedicated this year to Howard alumnus Chadwick Boseman ...

The Howard University jazz studies program wasn't introduced until 1970, but the university had been an incubator for jazz talent for many years, beginning with saxophonist, composer and arranger ...

Fred Irby III, the beloved longtime director of the Howard University Jazz Ensemble, was preparing to step down from the job after 50 years when he talked with Swing Beat in April 2023. It didn’t ...