Gulf Coast Summer Fest returns for its ninth year with four days of contemporary jazz and jubilation overlooking the water.

Each June, just as the marine layer gives way to early summer sun, a different kind of tide rolls into downtown San Diego, not waves, but the warm, rhythm-soaked tones of smooth jazz. The San Diego ...

The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest returns this week, and the lineup includes some big names. Trailblazing trumpeter and composer Theo Croker will be among those taking the stage. Common and Bilal also ...