Harry Pace saw that there was profit to be made by Black people producing and distributing music for Black people. —Willie Ruff, musician and professor emeritus, Yale University Preamble: In 2020, I ...

Grammy-nominated saxophonist embraces role as elder statesman ahead of Dec. 4 performance at Universal Preservation Hall in ...

Named in part for Johnny Dunn’s pioneering Jazz Hounds, the group channels each member’s heritage into vivid performances that honor the complex, cosmopolitan roots of Black popular music in the early ...

The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the 2026 recipients of the Jazz Masters Fellowship, billed as the highest ...

Jazz musicians love classical music. The opposite is true to a lesser extent.. The two forms are different in many ways: jazz is democratic with equal participation, musicians compose as they ...

Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Kind of Blue in August 1959, leading into the era of 60s improvisational jazz. The album featured Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans ...

No one remembers the exact date, but everyone agrees that the organization started 25 years ago, most likely in the fall.

Part 1 article by Ian Patterson, published on November 11, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Live Review articles ...

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The 25-year-old artist’s follow-up to his debut album “Love on Digital” marks an unexpected but intuitive leap into jazz. He’s set to perform at the Wiltern on Nov. 14.