Gary Bartz is nobody's jazz musician. What he has built and created as an artist with a career that spans six decades defies labels, especially ones that have storied racist connotations and otherwise ...

The city’s music is spiritual, searching and defiantly local, even when it spreads worldwide. Hear tracks from Yusef Lateef, ...

This weekend’s inaugural Nashville Jazz Festival, a two-day event organized under the auspices of the Nashville Jazz Workshop, continues a tradition initiated by events like the Jefferson Street Jazz ...

Shamek Farrah’s 1974 debut is a highly sought-after rarity, but even his most ardent admirers know little about him. In a rare interview, he tells his story. By Shaun Brady Though it was active for ...

All About Jazz managed to catch NMA bandleader Stovell at a moment where he could get away from a dedicated, busy music and bandleading schedule for an interview. All About Jazz: Bryan tell us how you ...

When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late ...

What are you most looking forward to about music directing Duke in Africa? It’s always a pleasure to be given the opportunity to serve as MD for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Watch a video introduction to jazz, narrated by John Hasse, curator of American music for the National Museum of American History. Hasse discusses ...

A pair of late jazz legends, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, would have turned 100 this year. The La Jolla Music Society will ...

Leave it to Spike Lee to explode the typical high-stakes remake. His new film, Highest 2 Lowest, which opened Friday, flips Akira Kurosawa’s mannered 1963 staple, High and Low, into a rowdy, topical, ...

Since the pandemic, The Aristocrat had been a reliable home base for jazz musicians all over the region. Its concert calendar featured key local players like trumpeter Mark Rapp, saxophonist Robert ...