Caroling and choirs abound during the holiday season in New Orleans, but so do less traditional performances — including a night of holiday music dedicated to free-jazz icon Albert Ayler and a ...

According to the The Coral Gables native, Miami is one of the better spots in the USA to find good second-hand records.

For ezz-thetics' revisited series' fourth Ornette Coleman album, the label has ventured back further than any of its previous Coleman albums, to New York City in December 1960 and January 1961.

The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Launches 2026 with a Matching Fundraising Campaign to Help Reach its 1,000th Event ...

In the continuously evolving history of artistic expression, certain movements emerge that challenge the very foundations of our aesthetic sensibilities. In the early and mid-20th century, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The tunes carried over to downtown Springfield for the last September Soul weekend. In conjunction with MIFA’s presentation, Dewey’s Jazz Lounge hosted a free jazz music ...

Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920-1955) may have left this earth at the young age of 34, but his contribution to music history was much more than a grace note. Every time a horn player attempts to play it ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...