For obvious reasons, writing about racism is a painful experience. Jazz is a complex art form and I have always felt that the primary responsibilities of a critic/writer are to educate the public by ...

Jazz is a form of entertainment, but surely it must be far more than that to evoke such a range of ideas and passions that are expressed herein and in all the jazz writing, commentaries, and ...

When I was about 15 and went to see the tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins — my main musical inspiration, my idol — for the first time, at Shelly’s Manne-Hole in Hollywood, I fell asleep, which upset me.

The Flynn Center revealed last spring that jazz composer Maria Schneider would be performing in Burlington this year, and that she and her orchestra would play a piece the Flynn asked her to write.

Salinger’s musings on jazz are significant not because he was in any way an authority on the subject, but because The Catcher in the Rye, which has sold over 60 million copies, captured what was ...

Jazz Jennings wants her graduation speech to be nothing short of perfect. In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek at Tuesday night’s episode of I Am Jazz, the transgender teen confides in her parents ...

Pitchfork’s Allison Hussey speaks with three artists whose bold works are redefining jazz and expanding its appeal to younger and more diverse audiences. Samora Pinderhughes, Cécile Mclorin Salvant ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

What could possibly be the sound of a musician who has been playing for over five decades and carries the mantle of ‘godfather of jazz in India’? “It is the sound of tomorrow,” says legendary pianist ...