David Johnson

Though it received middling reviews, the 1963 concert series included the festival debuts of Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, the rollout of Dizzy Gillespie’s “Dizzy For President” campaign, one of jazz legend Jack Teagarden’s last appearances, and a tribute from the Modern Jazz Quartet to Martin Luther King Jr.

At the beginning of the 1960s jazz pianist and theorist George Russsell teamed up with trombonist and jazz educator David Baker and other Indiana jazz musicians to form one of the era’s most exciting and innovative groups.

Though he recorded with organists Bill Doggett and Jimmy Smith, when saxophonist Percy France died in 1992 he was primarily known and admired among a small circle of his fellow New York City jazz musicians. Now a new website aims to elevate his soulful tenor sound and story.

A live studio performance from the Peter Lerner Trio, plus music from Rahsaan Barber, Tom Johnson, Leah Warman, and other Indiana jazz artists.

Music from DIVA, Quincy Jones, Shirley Scott, Diana Krall and others.

Music from Clare Fischer, Nat King Cole, Marian McPartland, and other classic-jazz artists.

Music from saxophonist Sarah Hanahan's debut album and other 21st century jazz artists.

Music from the Visions Jazz Ensemble, Wes Montgomery, Rob Dixon and Steve Allee, Monika Herzig's Sheroes, and other Indiana jazz artists.

A new historical release from pianist Oscar Peterson, plus recordings by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Yusef Lateef, Thelonious Monk, and others.

Music from Paul Desmond, Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, and other classic jazz artists.