The holiday theme for Jazz Piano Christmas this year was definitely for the adventurous among us. Our three performers placed familiar holiday songs inside masterfully crafted clusters of sound and ...

This time of year, every venue in town seems to be filled with the sounds of holiday favorites. Problem is, apart from classical mainstays such as Handel’s Messiah or Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, ...

Toward the end of every year, NPR Music invites some of the world's best jazz keyboard players to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. We ask them to take on some of their favorite ...

There may East Coast/West Coast beefs in other forms of music, but jazz is all-embracing. This year's edition of A Jazz Piano Christmas features artists from both coasts, and the audience shows no ...

Enter to win tickets for David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown featuring Courtney Fortune on Thursday, December 18 ...

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Lizzie Thomas rings in the holiday season with This Christmas. This is a radiant collection of holiday classics and originals that blend jazz, Neo-soul, and R&B with her ...

How early is too early for holiday music? Many local venues have holiday shows all over their calendars, and while some stick ...

Good Shot Judy is releasing its first Christmas album, “A Crooner’s Christmas,” during a listening party at the Willliamsburg ...

New releases from Alicia Keys, Lindsey Stirling, Regina Belle and others revisit songs already entrenched in the Christmas canon and hope to introduce some future contenders. By Jon CaramanicaMarcus J ...

The All Songs Considered Holiday Extravaganza December 18 – 10 p.m. Hosts Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson set off on ...

With Tony Bennett's retirement, the mantle of legitimate straight-ahead pop crooners is now firmly in the hands of subsequent generations: Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall and Norah Jones. Not pure ...

Jazz pianist Theron Brown and his trio will give a free concert at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at St. Blaise Parish’s St. Joseph ...