Now 19, the young jazz musician has already had an enviable career, playing with jazz legends, putting out several albums and performing all over the world. Here are some images from her life. By age 13, she was playing with well-known jazz musicians...

Gary got the jazz bug early in high school sitting in with artists like Chet Baker and Lee Konitz. After college he joined Woody Herman’s Young Thundering Herd. With him in that band were saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Marc Johnson and drummer John...

Kenton Centennial (Friday and Saturday) A big band composer and educator remembered for his pedantic progressivismand for employing some of the great talents of the postwar era, like the alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, the arranger Bill Holman and the...

I've been rehearsing with Jazz at Lincoln Center this week, getting ready for concerts Friday and Saturday nights at Rose Hall. We're playing the music of Stan Kenton, and our special guest is the great alto saxophonist Lee Konitz. Ted Nash I first met...

Park Slope, Brooklyn, (347) 422-0248, barbesbrooklyn.com ; $10 cover. (Chinen) Stan Kenton Centennial (Friday and Saturday) A big band composer and educator remembered for his pedantic progressivism — and for employing some of the great talents of the...

He was also recognized as Alto Saxophonist of the Year for 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the Jazz Journalist Association. In 2011, Mahanthappa was named Alto Saxophonist of the Year by the 59th annual DownBeat Critics Poll, joining the company of Phil Woods,...