Violin great Regina Carter is an end-of-life doula when not recording, touring or teaching The 2023 NEA Jazz Masters honoree and 2006 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” recipient spends her ...

Lake Charles, La. (KPLC) - This week in our tribute to Black History month, we’re highlighting a young man who represents the future of jazz here in Southwest Louisiana. Jairus Daigle picked up a ...

Born in Philadelphia of Italian immigrant parents, in or around 1903, Venuti is considered the father of jazz violin. Venuti relished Marx Brothers- like anarchic humor and was a legendary practical ...

Violin always seems to be thought of in a classical context first, in spite of the considerable contributions of jazz violinists over the past eight decades. Two recordings, one by a relative newcomer ...

And Blue Engine isn’t the only way to hear Mr. Marsalis’s latest music. A recording of his 2015 Violin Concerto, performed by Nicola Benedetti and the Philadelphia Orchestra, is also out this ...

When it comes to jazz violin, Kit Eakle is on a mission. A skilled improviser himself, he’s become the Bay Area’s foremost champion of an instrument long marginalized in jazz. As a player, he ...

Svend Asmussen, a Danish-born swing violin virtuoso and irrepressible showman who spent eight decades accompanying some of the world's leading jazzmakers, including Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton ...