Much of that was due to the material: Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 by Shostakovich; Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 ...

Some books give Smith's birthdate as Dec. 8, 1925, but more recent sources cite 1928 as his birth year. Regardless, the late musician always delivered the goods, even as the beats behind him changed.

La Cañada Presbyterian Church will present a Christmas-themed Jazz Vespers on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. both live in-person and live-streamed online.

Angela Kraft is a jazz saxophone player and music instructor who has lived in the greater St. Louis area for most of her life ...

On Friday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m., the VJC Big Band will celebrate the legacy of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and other ...

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 ...

A new piano bar and jazz club is joining Fondren’s entertainment scene this week.Louise’s, a cocktail-forward lounge inspired by the golden age of jazz and classic Hollywood style, will open to the ...

Jack DeJohnette, the genre-bending jazz drummer whose beats helped shape Miles Davis’ groundbreaking sound and whose rhythmic genius elevated generations of musicians from Keith Jarrett to Herbie ...

For a lot of years, Vera Brandes couldn’t listen. Not once had she heard the bestselling solo jazz album of all time—Keith Jarrett’s passionate and sublime The Köln Concert—though she’d been essential ...

During a career that crossed the Atlantic, the contralto was considered Britain’s finest contribution to the quintessential American genre. By The Associated Press Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto ...

Robi Botos is a Juno-winning Canadian jazz pianist who was hugely influenced by the late Oscar Peterson — one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. He opened for Peterson in Switzerland and he ...

I GREW UP THE THIRD YOUNGEST of four boys in Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay, in the 1950s. For a Chinese family, my parents were very Western. We never had Chinese music at home. Growing up, my ...