Spread the loveJazz, with its rich history and diverse styles, has produced countless masterpieces over the decades. This ...

The composer and saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu is at home in free jazz, classical and art pop. Finally touring North America, ...

One can find in Charles Lloyd the intersection of music and spirituality, and Friday night at the Lobero Theater, he issued a heartfelt update from the ...

For only the second time in its history, three acts have been awarded the Polar Music Prize. Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan have received the prestigious award, known as the “Nobel Prize ...

Triskel Arts Centre, Cork ★★★★☆ Solo piano has a long and noble tradition in jazz. From Scott Joplin, the “king of ragtime”, at the turn of the last ce ...

Dissolving Patterns They say : Veterans of the Scandinavian jazz and improvisation scene – pianist Mathias Landæus, bassist Nina de Heney, and drummer Kresten Osgood – have spent a decade cultivating ...

Japanese-born pianist Yoko Miwa and her and music return to Regattabar, 1 Bennett St., Cambridge on Friday, April 11. Joining ...

In the mid-1970s Keith Jarrett wasn’t just a popular jazz pianist. He was a genuine phenomenon so astoundingly productive ...

Guitarist Julian Lage is still in his 30s, but in the breadth of his career he can already rival jazz musicians twice his age.

Proclaimed by Vanity Fair magazine, “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so,” Fred Hersch balances his internationally recognized instrumental skills with ...

His musical proficiency is certainly evident when he plays the piano. Visitors to the Stein ... melodic repetition (ostinato) from Keith Jarrett’s The Moth and The Flame solo album; and a ...

In 1968, jazz pianist and vocalist Les McCann arranged for Flack to meet with representatives from Atlantic Records. She played more than 40 songs from her repertoire for them and was signed on ...