A new documentary, "The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit," will premiere on Prime Video on Dec. 9. The film is based on ...

In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the ...

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Laufey is being honored at Variety’s 2024 Hitmakers event as the Crossover Artist of the Year. Much of the jazz world seems pleased enough to claim her, as there was no resistance when her sophomore ...

What's in a name? Or, more to the point, what's on a station named for a type of music when that music goes away? There's no longer any jazz on KJZZ. Not on its traditional radio broadcast, at least.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music. And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz ...

Americans have decided to "assign" celebratory months to various cultural entities. We mark February as Black History Month, and Women’s History Month takes place in March. Hispanic Heritage Month's ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

Canton native and musician Jimmy Baber charted a Billboard No. 1 smooth jazz song earlier this year, "It's Personal." Baber, who performs under the name Jimmy B, will be in Canton this for a CD ...

It’s no coincidence that acclaimed jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright’s most recent single is titled “Living My Best Life.” It’s an apt description of the multiple-Grammy Award-nominee’s entire ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Walking through the Five ...

For the first time since before the pandemic, Jigglewatts Burlesque will pull out the sequins, the feathers and the pasties for an evening of classic strip-tease soundtracked by the Copa Kings, a live ...