More to my liking, in tone and content, was the commentary on the Blue Note Records website that Ashley Kahn, the noted ...

Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an ...

Drummer Ricky Sebastian, a native of southwest Louisiana, actually played with Pastorius, the brilliant but troubled bassist, ...

The Night Is Young; Blue Room; Why Was I Born; My Foolish Heart; Twins; Polka Dot; I'll Remember April; High Score; Hyacinth; Joy Bell; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Fine And Dandy; Budo; I Married ...

On April 14, the DePauw Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Steve Snyder, treated audiences to a mesmerizing concert ...

SPECIAL: In honor of the birthday of one of the giants of jazz, Duke Ellington, it’s a two-part special exploring a sometimes-overlooked aspect of his talents – his genius as a band leader. Though ...

In the late 1990s, Mr. Heath was part of some of the last iterations of the venerable Modern Jazz Quartet before it disbanded. His next major project was the Whole Drum Truth, a percussion ...

This Friday, sit back, relax and listen to the sweet sound of jazz. “I think we have a good ensemble, and the show has a lot of variety,” Rogers says. “We’re doing more modern jazz, which is kind of ...

Marsalis: The New-Orleans sound, at its best, has an emotion. A lot of modern jazz, it’s almost emotionless, because the focus of the musicians is harmony, not sound. So many of the musicians ...

R udy Gobert has reflected on his time with the Utah Jazz while talking about the good vibes of his current Minnesota ...

One tempo was prescribed for everybody and army marching bands rose in importance. In Stalinist Poland, jazz music was banned along with modern art, decent toilet paper and the right to travel abroad.