Happy Jazz Appreciation Month, a fitting time for music critics to name their pick for the greatest jazz song of all time.

Saxophonists Lou Donaldson and organist Jack McDuff, both born in 1926, championed memorable melodies and grooves rooted in ...

If there’s one genre that rivals country music for the most quintessentially American art form, it’s jazz. And, historically, the genres share a lot more common ground than you might think. One could ...

The University of Minnesota’s Jazz Ensemble 1 recorded eight beginner-level songs on Thursday for its first recording back since taking a break in 2023. Typically, the band only performs live, but ...

Photo provided Indiana University jazz professor and professional musician Sam Butler, along with IU-trained performer, composer and arranger Garrett Fasig, were commissioned to create jazz ...

“Snow White” is a ballad that feels a bit less jazzy (at least I’ve never heard another jazz song with a backing guitar) ...

If anyone deserves the sobriquet of “the Pied Piper of Jazz,” it would be Wynton Marsalis. As the current managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and leader of the Jazz at Lincoln ...

This is the final story in The Guardians, a 6-part series highlighting those dedicated to saving and passing down New Orleans' unique heritage. Posing for a photographer outside Frenchmen Street’s ...