Okay...this subject is an ongoing debate I have had with several of my jazz musician friends...is Acid Jazz just a name given by a radio disc jockey to promote some ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Saxophonist Donald Harrison, when he listens to the earliest jazz recordings, hears even older sounds. In the playing of those Black musicians from the early 20th century, Harrison ...

Jazz guitar has always been a dynamic art form, adapting to new styles while staying rooted in tradition. From the early swing and bebop pioneers to today’s fusion innovators, guitarists have expanded ...

The fight is on for the soul of jazz. In an era when the likes of Norah Jones and Diana Krall have made pop crooning the bread and butter of jazz record labels, a new avant-garde contender has emerged ...

Inside the tight limits of musical formality, fresh ideas seem to die like birds blundering against a window. Pleasant enough music can still be written within the old boundaries, but its most ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Photo by Reese Moore Charleston Jazz has put together a new band called Momentum, featuring ...

Establishment of a new jazz society, whose purpose is "to create an atmosphere here at Harvard that will foster an appreciation of the idiom," was announced last night by its provisional president, ...

This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

In postwar America, an epidemic of heroin addiction swept the world of jazz. Greats who developed a habit included John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker. Nowadays, jazz has an ...