There are plenty of fictional stories about utopian societies where life is good and everybody gets along. Of course, the word utopia literally means "no place," suggesting that an actual utopia is ...

It’s a windy and chilly Wednesday evening at the elegant Aman Jazz Club in New York City, and Samara Joy, the sensational Grammy Award-winning singer is prepping for a performance. The 23-year-old ...

Four celebrated jazz musicians of the 21st century are paying homage to jazz’s most celebrated historic foursome — the Modern Jazz Quartet — at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Jan. 19.

Asked to name the most insurrectionary artists associated with the Atlantic label, most jazz fans would probably think first of saxophonists John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. Pianist John Lewis' ...

Filmmakers Amitabh Joshi and Erik Spink spotlight Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, the Grammy-nominated, modern jazz musician from New Orleans who defies the expectations of jazz music while challenging ...

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 ...

Cab Calloway is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in jazz music during the 1930s and 1940s. His unique style of singing, showmanship, and pioneering musical innovations helped ...

Where has Charles Bell been all my life? Or, rather, where have his recordings been? Why did I only find out about them now? How have I only now, fifty-plus years after getting into jazz, stumbled ...

Esperanza Spalding performs during the 2017 Jazz in the Gardens at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. (Aaron Gilbert / MediaPunch / IPX) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 ...

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) returns from October 16–25, bringing world-class jazz to venues across the ...