McCoy Tyner, a pianist whose deep resonance, hammering attack and sublime harmonic invention made him a game-changing catalyst in jazz and beyond, died Friday, March 6, at his home in New Jersey. His ...

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Here are some of the greatest jazz artists of the 20th century in 17 rare, vintage performances, from pioneers such as Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Louis Armstrong, to Lionel Hampton, Dizzy ...

In 1931, a white Texas teenager named Charlie Black went to hear some music at a hotel in Austin, Texas. He had never heard of the trumpet player, Louis Armstrong, but was transfixed by the angelic ...

This homage to 20th–century French Impressionist composers by alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and the Axis String Quartet might best be described as a sometimes interesting but more often overly ambitious ...

Triadic Fragments; P5; Augmented Area; C Lydian; Interlude 1; m2+M7 (new Version); Altalena; Diminished Area 1 Expl; M2 (New Version); Six Bars; Interlude 2; Pelog ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Over a year and a half after the COVID shutdown forced the cancelation of a Jazz Central appearance by saxophone icon Ricky Ford, CNY Jazz has announced his rescheduled show, coming ...

The Great American Songbook is no longer limited to early 20th century jazz, pop and show tunes. Sure, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin will always be at the top of the heap of the canon ...

The D.C. Jazz Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary from Wednesday through Sunday. “It’s become quite a cultural destination in D.C., right up there with cherry blossoms and the Folklife Festival,” ...

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The seed for Ken Burns' 10-episode, 19-hour documentary "Jazz" was planted back in 1991 when jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis came up to the filmmaker after a speech at an awards dinner at the ...