A pair of late jazz legends, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, would have turned 100 this year. The La Jolla Music Society will honor both of them with a festival next month. “If you program jazz, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may be coincidence, or just a reflection of my own state of mind, that this dreadful year’s list of favorite jazz albums leans ...

This has been the year that musicians collaborated and cross-pollinated, experimented within and outside jazz. Best of all, some of the more avant-garde musicians seemed to find value in sculpting ...

It’s been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn’t aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums’ leaders are women, and five ...

NORTHAMPTON You know your jazz festival isn’t “missing a beat” when Downbeat Magazine — considered by many as the best jazz magazine in the world — pays attention to you. “Mention the word ‘festival’ ...

A terrific year for new jazz releases, the breath and depth of the music from all corners of the world underlining the robust health of jazz a quarter of the way into the 21st century. Northbound ...

Bob Dylan might be undeniably one of the greatest folk artists of all time, but he was originally influenced by the magic of ...

Justin Faulkner remembers scrolling through the list of Grammy nominations last fall, searching for his friends in the categories. Many of them were there — including Immanuel Wilkins, Bilal and ...

During my sixth school year, my best friend acquired a trombone and joined the school band. Naturally, I asked my parents to buy me a trombone. However, I didn't pay much attention to music until ...

If you think about it a certain way, one of the defining qualities of jazz is earnestness. This is one of the reasons why jazz and metal have so much in common, and so often appeal to the same ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After much consternation, I’ve managed to pare down a long list of fine jazz-improv recordings from 2025 to a top 10. So, apologies to Marshall Allen, The ...