On a November night in 2025, drummer Joel Taylor tightened his cymbals to begin a set at 1881, a jazz club perched on the ...

The tall, debonair saxophonist known as the “Sophisticated Giant” had a seemingly effortless power in his playing. Hear 10 ...

Saxophonist Kate Olson is releasing "So It Goes" in January, her first full-length studio album under her own name.

Epiphanies come, as epiphanies do, in unexpected and often far-flung settings. For trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, three such ...

The Bath Jazz Weekend, a prog drumming legend and Bristol's own Latin supergroup are just a few of the highlights in a jazz-packed January.

Two new releases capture the jazz musician—who often played three saxophones simultaneously—delivering stimulating hard bop ...

This wave of cancelations follows an earlier controversy in late December, when jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled his ...

It’s been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn’t aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums’ leaders are women, and five ...

Charleston Jazz, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building the local jazz community, gives out an honor annually called the Tip of the Hat Award. The award was created in memory of Jack McCray, a ...

The alto saxophone is one of the most popular instruments in jazz and pop music, known for its smooth, expressive sound. Over the years, many talented musicians have made their mark playing the alto ...

The Rev. Bill Carter remembers the story his mother told him about attending a Louis Armstrong concert in Venango County as a teenager in the early 1950s. It was an all-white audience gathered to hear ...

It’s fall and in Austin that of course means it’s time for Jazz at St. James' Episcopal Church. By the time the annual music fest rolls around, an ofrenda or “offering” of mementos for deceased loved ...