You won’t find a larger free jazz fest in the entire world. The lineup has just been announced for the 2026 Detroit Jazz ...

For generations, jazz has remained intertwined with Harlem’s identity, serving as both a reflection of the neighborhood’s ...

Jazz is one of the most popular music genres today. However, many people don't know what makes a song jazz, rather than blues or pop, nor do they know the genre's long and interesting history. New ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass ...

It's taken some time, about a century in fact, but finally, thanks chiefly to editor and jazz historian Francesco Martinelli of Siena Jazz, the first comprehensive, pan-European history of jazz sees ...

For most contemporary music consumers, listening to jazz is a historical exercise. Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue is, at the time of writing, still No. 3 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart 61 years after it ...

For the past three decades, when historians, critics and educators asked, “What is Jazz?” they turned to the 1973 Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, the landmark album by the late critic and ...

89.9 WWNO — New Orleans Public Radio is committed to the showcase and enjoyment of great jazz music, on the air and online.WWNO3 is New Orleans' first and only 24-hour jazz music radio station, ...

Whether they’re swinging to the tunes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, making a Brazilian samba come alive, or simply laying down a heavy funk groove, the musicians of the “Superband” (as director ...

The recording of Livery Stable Blues (above sheet music, 1917), by some estimates, sold more than one million copies. Sam DeVincent Collection, Archives Center, NMAH The band employed a fun and ...