The Oscar Peterson Trio featuring Ray Brown and Barney Kessel absolutely blew the audience away with their rendition of ...

Although regarded as being one of the greatest jazz musicians, composers and bandleaders ever, Miles Davis was so much more ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Universal Temple of the Arts (UTA) hosted the 36th Annual Staten Island Jazz Festival on Friday, Dec. 20. This year’s festival, “Joyful Women of Jazz,” celebrated ...

One of Tyner’s best 70s albums is this one ... which gave birth to the notion of spiritual jazz. Tyner’s piano, confident but never intrusive, offers a stable but fluid platform for Coltrane ...

Almost 20 years ago, the irreverent comedy series Yacht Rock debuted on the web, lovingly spoofing popular ‘70s and ‘80s artists ... music blended rock, pop, jazz and soul.

Which is one reason to balk at any list purporting to capture the definitive Best Jazz of 2022 – instead of doing that here, we asked a handful of keen listeners for their advocacy picks ...

By Hank Shteamer In 2024, jazz continued to spiral out ... year was hearing Louis Hayes — a working drummer for around 70 years, who helped lay the foundations for hard bop through his early ...

Here, then, are for me the 10 best new jazz recordings of 2024, followed by three historical treasures that have, for the most part, lain in the archives till now. At age 85, still at near-peak ...

New Year’s Eve is precisely the time to throw those cares away and head into the night with abandon. Sleepwalking into World ...

Folk, funk, rock 'n' roll, heavy metal, country, jazz ... 70s expanded the options in the studio, allowing musicians more creative expression. Using historical Billboard charts and other top ...

Here are my Top 10 jazz/improv albums of 2024. Each of them made my life a little better this year, and I’m hoping they might do the same for you. “Compassion,” by Vijay Iyer (ECM ...