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 ...

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

Jazz bassist Donald Rafael Garrett helped birth the AACM and appeared on some of Coltrane’s wildest albums, but he’s barely ...

February 27, 2025 • Saxophonist Isaiah Collier's The Story of 400 Years is a sweeping suite that traces Black American ... of the Jazz Night team's favorite holiday music, including timeless ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The sound of a single piano key, crisp and deliberate, fills the space before it melts into a cascade of chords — warm, ...