An old saxophone rests in its balding velvet-lined case. The worn keys seems fragile, the screws maybe loose, the metal tarnished. It’s on loan from local jazz musician Tom Hall, in an exhibit case at ...
FOR THOSE NON RESIDENTS. HEY, YOU CAN’T BEAT THAT DEAL. ALL RIGHT. SO LISTEN, WE KNOW THAT JAZZ FEST IS AN ANNUAL TRADITION FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. WHETHER YOU’RE LOCAL OR NOT. BUT LISTEN ONE NEW ORLEANS ...
“We’re building the future,” Tim Johnson, music and executive director of the FM Kicks Band, said. “Not just of this band, but of jazz in Fargo-Moorhead.” Tim and Amy Johnson are local music educators ...
Over the decades, Jazztrack has played a key role in chronicling the development of the jazz scene around Australia, ...
DILWORTH, Minn. — Think how many times John DiFiore has put his tenor sax together for a music gig somewhere. He's played with some of America's greatest bands, and for the last 50 years, he's taught ...
Dig into 13 tracks from this influential drummer and bandleader, chosen by writers and musicians including several former members of his band, the Jazz Messengers. Credit...Dante Zaballa Supported by ...
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50 Essential Jazz Albums

After sharing my list of 50 essential jazz albums, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the process. In this follow-up video, I talk about how I made the selections, which albums were tough to ...
At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by spinning shellac 78 RPM discs of recordings made in the 1910s to ’50s. At the Hot Club of New York, patrons revisit the music’s past by ...