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

Explore the Windy City through tracks by Ramsey Lewis, Ahmad Jamal, Lester Bowie and the contemporary artists at the ...

By Clay Risen Larry Appelbaum, a music archivist ... that he used to describe jazz at its best. Lawrence Allan Appelbaum was born on April 12, 1957, in Washington. His father, Melvin, owned ...

The legendary jazzman’s compositions are instantly recognizable through decades of samples in hip-hop, R&B, and more.

Soon, he learned piano and sang in a church choir but didn’t acquire his first vibraphone until he was 17. As he studied music theory at Los Angeles City College, he played jazz in nightclubs.

The New Orleans Jazz Museum will host Grammy Award winner and author Ricky Riccardi, who will be signing his newest book, ...

JAZZ icon Roy Ayers has died at the age of 84 after a long illness. The legendary crooner was best known for the hit 1970s ...

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

Kendrick Lamar is one of the biggest and most well respected hip hop artists of all time. His music has touched almost every corner of hip hop with the radio friendly DAMN., deeply experimental ...

From longtime rocker Adam Sherman finding his “Gratitude” to producer MO the Great inviting us for “Drinks of Hope” to Naomi Westwater's journey of "Cycle & Change," WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer ...

Recently named among the top five alto saxophonists in the world by DownBeat Magazine’s International Critics Poll, Jim ...