It's hard to believe that Jazz Piano Christmas celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. We were initially stumped on how to celebrate, but as we reminisced about the many pianists we have featured ...

Do you know that game where people try to avoid hearing “Last Christmas” by Wham! for as long as possible into December? It’s telling that the game exists, revealing not just that the song is ...

Playing jazz alone on piano might sound hard, but it’s simpler than you think. With a few key techniques, you can make one instrument sound like an entire group. This lesson shows you how to do it ...

Hollywood producer Tom Rice has returned to his hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, to open a new business. Rice is opening Louise's Piano Bar, an art-deco styled club in the Fondren District. The venue ...

Like many things in Seattle, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley has its roots in the University District. Owner John Dimitriou took over the lease on a flailing club called Jazz Alley in 1980, and since then, the ...

How Vera Brandes turned a near-disaster into Keith Jarrett's legendary ‘The Köln Concert’—and the new film that finally tells her story John Magaro as Keith Jarrett in a scene from Köln 75. (Courtesy ...

A Grammy-winning pianist, he was renowned for works that created “new ideas about line, harmony, rhythm, sound and musical architecture,” one admirer wrote. By Richard Sandomir Jim McNeely, a Grammy ...

Let the record state: Jazz music has not always been a gray-haired endeavor. Somewhere on the other side of the U.S. moon landing, a “swinging” tune denoted young, vivacious couples doing their ...

Patrick Bartley considers both jazz and Japanese his second languages. The American saxophonist, known for bright bebop solos over J-pop tunes, also believes fluency doesn’t require being native. “You ...

I used to be a professional transcriber - and now, I'm sharing my full collection with you. This video gives you an inside look at my massive archive of jazz piano transcriptions, including complete ...

Joni Mitchell, Canadian-American icon of folk music and champion of the singer-songwriter genre, released “Joni’s Jazz,” a four-part collection of new and old music, on Friday, Sept. 5. The ...

Summer and fall have long been peak festival season here in Chicago. But this year takes things even further. Multi-day extravaganzas are everywhere this autumn: You have your time-honored jazz ...