Night Train kicks off a new month’s feature – celebrating the centennial birthday of alto saxophonist, composer (“Take Five”) ...

With that in mind, we sat down with Ife and keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones to discover the jazz records which have all played a ...

He only knew one other person there, his best friend and now renowned jazz bass player Nat Reeves ... "Leroy used to play ...

Roy Haynes, the pioneering jazz drummer who performed with legends like Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sarah Vaughan, died ...

A leading Native American jazz musician, trumpet player Delbert Anderson was hailed by The New York Times for “mining ...

With a vacancy in the high school jazz orchestra, he took up the double bass. A major early influence on Brown's bass playing was the bassist in the Duke Ellington band, Jimmy Blanton. As a young man ...

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), known for its musical explorations that push traditional realms.

Golden brown and bright yellow leaves ... Wiggins will be joined on stage is a host of his jazz playing friends, including Dr ...

In school, he played piano, trumpet, and drums, When he was 15, he attended a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert featuring Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown. Keith Jarrett remarked ... maintaining a creative ...

Lou Donaldson, an alto saxophonist with a supple, earthy style who was a key figure in the development of three styles of ...

Christian McBride, one of the world’s foremost bass players ... that still occupy space in the jazz tent. The Philadelphia native listened to James Brown and the Isley Brothers growing up ...

It isn’t uncommon for musicians whose careers have passed the 50 year-mark to hope their legacies will live on 50 years after ...