Todd Barkan, who ran San Francisco’s legendary jazz nightclub the Keystone Korner, will receive the nation’s highest honor for jazz artists, the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Jazz Master ...

Ask anyone who spent time at Keystone Korner, and they’ll tell you it was far more than a jazz club. From 1972 to 1983, the North Beach venue at 750 Vallejo Street reigned as the preeminent jazz spot ...

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CLUB TO SEE HOW ALL OF THIS IS AFFECTING THEIR BOTTOM LINE. >> ♪ IT DON’T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING ♪ ♪ IN A TRIBUTE TO JAZZ LEGENDS FREDA PAYNE IS ON STAGE BELTING , OUT CLASSICS. THE ...

Jazz musician and impresario Todd Barkan has brought world class Jazz back to Baltimore. There was a surreal scene in the swanky Harbor East community over the Memorial Day weekend. Billy Murphy, the ...

As a child growing up in Columbus, Ohio, Todd Barkan dreamed of San Francisco, inspired by the mercenary Paladin from the 1950s television Western “Have Gun — Will Travel.” But the hippie era was in ...

REINVENT THE GOLDEN ERA OF JAZZ. ♪ >> IT IS A FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE RHONDA CARTER TRIO IS PLAYING AT KEYSTONE CORNER IN BALTIMORE. IT OPENED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. >> WE OPENED WITH THE RHONDA CARTER ...

When it came time to celebrate the legacy of the most consequential jazz club in San Francisco history, Mel Martin was one of the first players engaged for the party. Last year, Todd Barkan produced a ...

Todd Barkan has been one of the most important and versatile producers of jazz concerts and records around the globe for almost 30 years. The list of artists whose projects he has produced reads like ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced that on the heels of Todd ...

The festival will present something like 18 groups in six hours. That’s unprecedented, and while it will be live streamed rather than performed in front of a live audience, it also is a sign that live ...