One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...

In recent years, 20-something jazz singers Cécile McLorin Salvant and Samara Joy have found success with audiences their parents’ age and older. Then along comes jazzy 26-year-old Icelandic singer ...

Raúl Molina's Live at Ecuador Jazz Festival is a rare album that is more than just a collection of songs, it is a declaration of purpose. On his first live album, Molina carves out an artistic vision ...

From early radio broadcasts to modern jazz festivals, Türkiye’s jazz scene has evolved through cultural fusion, pioneering ...

Roy Haynes. American jazz drummer and bandleader has died. Born in 1925 in Roxbury, Mass., he influenced generations of jazz drummers and helped change the direction of rhythmic improvisation. Roy ...

This Jazz Appreciation Month, a Philadelphia jazz artist is putting a fresh spin on an old genre — using her lyrics to speak directly to today's women. Singer, composer and arranger Lora Sherrodd is ...

Relief washed over the faces of Stephanie Horton and Scott Bradley when Bernie Brink, a bespectacled man with a goatee, entered the office of the humble Jazz 93.5 studio on North Weber Street. While ...

The history of the jazz scene in Hartford would look very different without Bushnell Park in the mix. The park has brought jazz out of the clubs, theaters and the public library into the open air to ...

On September 12 the Little Gem Saloon’s Ramp Room on S. Rampart St. kicks off a new series devoted to something heard too rarely in this town: modern jazz. Unbelievable as it may seem, a town known as ...

Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground was quite a fan of jazz. In fact, he enjoyed the unique perspective of jazz and its freedom. Free-form jazz, specifically, could have easily inspired unique (and ...

Roy Haynes, the pioneering jazz drummer who performed with legends like Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sarah Vaughan, died Tuesday at the age of 99. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Leslie ...