The Jazz Loft’s founder and president Tom Manuel plays his horn. (Photo by Pete Coco Photography) As a wholly American art form, jazz has had a hard time gaining a foothold on Long Island. So much so ...

Take Two, a running series of just such performances, has been bringing together classic sounds, great local players and a deep listening, do-it-yourself energy in Brooklyn homes for three years now.

The Jazz Loft officially signed the $150,000 contract to take over and restore the historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall on Dec. 16 ...

Riverhead Town on Tuesday inked a contract of sale with The Jazz Loft, agreeing to sell the historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall for $150,000.

“We’re making the case that jazz isn’t stuffy music that you have to sit down and listen to without moving, and it never has been,” said Giovanni Russonello, editor-in-chief of CapitalBop.com. “At the ...

All About Jazz has partnered with The Jazz Loft to help AAJ readers conveniently find and purchase new jazz music and music accessories: CDs, vinyl, DVDs, headphones, CD sleeves, and more. The new ...

Celebrate Black History Month with a touch of jazz. Every February, The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook puts on its “Acoustic in the Main Room” concert series with a blend of wine and song. Here, live jazz ...

More than a year after reclaiming ownership of a historic 1800s theater downtown, Riverhead officials are ready for the show to go on, though some town board members want a full audition process to ...

Thomas Manuel sat perched on a stool, his silver trumpet cradled in his lap, a full smile on his face, as Thom Avella, a Long Islander now studying at Potsdam’s Crane School of Music, coaxed his alto ...

The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook has expanded its board of directors to 12 members, with the addition of four new appointees. “The Jazz Loft has a heartfelt responsibility to be good stewards of the ...

Sam Stephenson‘s career has been a wandering path punctuated by serendipity, leading him from a degree in economics at UNC-Chapel Hill to jobs in economic policy in Washington, D.C., from the Duke ...