Born in the early 20th century in the cultural melting pot of New Orleans, jazz emerged as a powerful expression of the ...

The three jazz clubs hosted a who’s who of legendary jazz artists during their 1960s heyday, including Miles Davis, ...

Life on the road, with all its perils and temptations, coupled with a tendency among some young people to both “push the envelope” and believe they are indestructible, has meant that we have ...

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival shows are about both bounce music and gospel. Here's when you can see them.

Danny Coots and Adam Swanson became friends over a shared love of ragtime and early jazz music, that friendship coming decades after ragtime and early jazz were “new” styles of music.

She was 94.It is probably the most celebrated ensemble jazz portrait of all time. Fifty-seven of the greatest jazz musicians gathered together on the steps of a Harlem brownstone early one morning in ...

see-saw-like 2/4 “stomp” meter that had been the defining characteristic of ragtime and early jazz music into something smoother, refined and more elegant. It soon caught on. In fact ...

Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums to his credit, he has recorded with many of music's greats: Tommy Flanagan, Gil Evans, ...

Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Kind of Blue in August 1959, leading into the era of 60s improvisational jazz. The album featured Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans ...

I have often wondered why Ireland hasn’t produced more gifted jazz musicians like Cork pianist John Donegan. Researching Irish jazz history, I ...

Peace Love and Understanding for the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, which has sold over 45m copies. After making two more ...

I went from punk rock deadlifts to squatting with Miles Davis,’ Narayan says, ‘and discovered that jazz is the ultimate ...