The title of jazz critic Ted Gioia’s new book, “How to Listen to Jazz,” has some strange implications. The phrase not only suggests that there is a correct way to listen to jazz, it also assumes that ...

In the years since Alice Coltrane passed from this world in 2007, a paradigm shift has occurred. For much of her lifetime, she and her music stood in the shadow of her husband, the late John Coltrane, ...

Jazz music is an ever-evolving fusion of style, a national art form embodying the metaphor of America as a complex cultural melting pot. From the start, early American musical elements — West African ...

Because there are multiple decades of jazz, it’s almost impossible to pick the top 10 albums of all time; the hip cats with their canes and cool shades will throw their used saxophone reeds in my ...

Is Latin jazz some musicians' excuse for having fun? Eddie Palmieri's really a jazz-influenced Latin pianist, but he has lots of fun running and recording bands of top-line jazzmen. He's no ...

Jazz-funk supergroup Nitecap has released its debut album, Things of That Nature, a 10-track set of original compositions that harkens on the contemporary synth-laden soul with jazz-funk and fusion ...

HOUSTON — Jazz Houston has some exciting events coming up to end its sixth season. First off, an invitation to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. this weekend as a part of their ...

Prairie Public Radio will air a special jazz night at 9 p.m. Nov. 4. The performance, a once-only gathering of local artists, was recorded live in Fargo. Pictured here are musicians Race Hoglund and ...

"As you develop your listening skills, [answer this question]: Are the musicians playing the notes with precision, almost as if they are reading music from some Platonic ideal score, or are they ...

Because there are multiple decades of jazz, it's almost impossible to pick the top 10 albums of all time; the hip cats with their canes and cool shades will throw their used saxophone reeds in my ...