Check out the top modern jazz artists who are shaping the genre with creative styles, blending traditional jazz with ...

On Friday, May 2, The Headhunters will present their Second Annual Bembé: Jazz Fest After Hours during the New Orleans Jazz & ...

The Tenderbellies celebrate their latest recording - only the group’s second album in its 12-year history – with an April 19 ...

Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a $35 ...

The breadth of talent on display over the coming weeks is none more evident than in the number of women artists blazing ...

Reb’s new album ‘How Love Bends’ debuted at #1 on the NZ chart and she has a great, well-travelled band; Frances Ellen ...

She discusses her new album, ‘The Soul Queen of New Orleans,’ and performing with Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones.

Outside of the jazz realm, he has worked with artists such as Josh Groban, Ben Folds, Diplo and Isaac Mizrahi. He also played in the house band on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and as a ...

The band’s maneuverability flows from the deep ties shared by the players. Lovano and Debriano, a first-call New York bassist who’s recorded with many of jazz’s most accomplished improvisers ...

Celebrated vocalist Catherine Russell, drawing from a rich ... Scheinman’s band has included some of the most incredible and in demand guitarists in jazz, including Nels Cline (Wilco) and ...

The Marsalis band’s readings of the more upbeat ... when his highly individual approach, drawing on both the jazz and classical avant-gardes, won enthusiastic support from open-minded critics ...

Duke Ellington leads his jazz band, circa 1945.Bettmann Archive/Getty ... and Nat King Cole topped the charts. Drawing on the creative roots of jazz today are rap and hip-hop, among the most ...