Laverne Butler follows up her MaxJazz debut Blues in the City with a more lush and subdued offering. Laverne Butler's voice is like a ribbon that she has tied onto a beautiful, sexy bow. Her latest, A ...

Modern jazz saxophonist Martin Krusche and members of his Magnetic Ear ensemble host the free afternoon student workshop at Tipitina's. Jesse Moore does an afternoon set at the Old Point Bar. LaVerne ...

The Kennedy Center's new KC Jazz Club concluded its inaugural series over the weekend with similarly engaging performances by jazz vocalists LaVerne Butler and Carla Cook, each deftly accompanied by ...

Singers Erin Bode and LaVerne Butler shared the same bill and the same band at the Kennedy Center's KC Jazz Club on Friday night, but their performances had little else in common. Bode's take on the ...