The Modern Jazz Quartet was a major jazz institution, a band that, counting a seven-year “vacation,” lasted 43 years. During a time when jazz musicians were stereotyped as unreliable, rarely sober and ...

He began performing professionally in his teens and studied music theory and piano at the ... Metheny even called Hall “the ...

Some Nation writers went out of their way to avoid discussing race in their critiques of the new music, even as loaded ...

You have people like Cal Tjader, and you have a whole host of other modern jazz musicians that congregated around Brubeck - it was almost a Brubeck school. SMITH: So, was Dave Brubeck the pioneer ...

New Yorkers showed their appreciation for the arts this week at the 21st annual Winter Jazzfest. The vibrant sounds of jazz ...

Modern Future blends EDM, pop, and trap into their own unique sound. Coming from both rock, jazz and hip hop backgrounds ... head-turning and electrifying tracks. Their music has been equated to "the ...

The recently announced 2025 North American leg of the band's "Dark Matter" tour includes several springtime dates in the ...

The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding ...

Now that the 2025 Jazz Fest lineup is out, it's time to start planning. You'll want to know about these changes to ticket ...

Greg Bryant, the former host of WRTI's Evening Jazz, relocated to Los Angeles at the end of last year. He brings us this ...

During the 1940s, jazz gradually parted ways with popular music. A new generation of modern jazz performers known as beboppers developed a style of lightning-fast improvisation meant for serious ...