Jason Moran plans to blend genres in one of his performances as the Detroit Jazz Festival's artist-in-residence this year. "I ...

Jane Monheit was born and raised in a Long Island, New York, family where music dominated the family’s home life. Her father ...

Throughout its history jazz has been in fashion and out of it – but it’s never gone away. Jazz is at its heart Black American ...

He will also perform at the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center on Tuesday, April 15 during the festival's preview event.

Celebrate the legendary Herbie Hancock on Colors of Jazz! From his early days with Miles Davis to pioneering jazz-funk with Head Hunters and revolutionizing sound with Rockit, Hancock has shaped music ...

Igmar Thomas’ ensemble bridges eras of Black American music with the soul-stirring project, ‘Like A Tree It Grows.’ ...

On “American Masters,” we also visit her short marriage to politician-pastor Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who was even more ...

T here’s only one singer in the world who has their jazz scat solos sung back at them note-for-note by arenas filled with ...

Columbia's jazz scene is thriving, per those with ColaJazz, Chayz Lounge and SC Jazz Masterworks, but threats to venues could ...

Christy Bennett and her band Fumée will perform music written by female artists like Dana Suesse and Maria Grever, who have popular songs but never became well-known names.

The Houston native and Blue Note Records artist is currently the artist director for jazz at the Kennedy Center.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has announced the lineup for each day of its 2025 edition. Single-day tickets also ...