*Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Charles Langford is reaching new listeners with his contemporary jazz single, “Savor,” ...

For those wanting to sample what’s on offer at the Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival, its organizers have scheduled a kind of ...

On Oct. 17, musician Jacob Zimmerman will perform early swing tunes from sheet music collected by a Seattle radio station in ...

RICHMOND, Va., May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This August 9 th, 10 th and 11 th, the 2024 Richmond Jazz and Music Festival invites you to immerse yourself in "Sounds & Colors" at historic Maymont.

Modern jazz artists are reshaping the genre, blending traditional elements with contemporary influences like hip-hop, R&B, and electronic music. These musicians are pushing the boundaries of jazz, ...

This April, at the National Museum of American History, we’re celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month! Check out the calendar to learn more! Amy Kehs Jazz Appreciation Month JAZZ April is Jazz ...

Longtime Chicago Tribune music critic Howard Reich penned "The Majesty of Jazz: 25 Visionaries Who Defined the City's Sound." ...

Why was jazz eclipsed by rock and other forms of music? Here are three theories A new book from photographer Jim Marshall shows jazz when it was still widely popular “Jazz is dead.” Jazz connoisseurs ...

A tribute to Duke Ellington adorns a building in Washington, D.C., but what will happen to the genre of American music he helped pioneer? Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2010. Courtesy of the Library of ...

A theologian (and amateur musician) explores the connection between them. William Edgar’s new book, A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel, is itself a work of love. Edgar, ...

Today, June 19, is a holiday known as Juneteenth — the oldest commemoration of slavery's end. Though the Emancipation Proclamation declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states on Jan. 1, 1863, ...