There are plenty of fictional stories about utopian societies where life is good and everybody gets along. Of course, the word utopia literally means "no place," suggesting that an actual utopia is ...

Musical education can have surprising starting points. Some discover Frédéric Chopin through “Looney Toons”; others stumble into bop through Japanese cartoons. As a kid in Japan, Noriko Ueda didn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the height of the pandemic, singer-songwriter Laufey spent her free time outside of classes at the Berklee College of Music ...

With solid and recognized musical paths, eight musicians come together to explore different ways of narrating, improvise and interact musically. From a strong compositional component that can bring so ...

Thirty years after his death, the music of Miles Davis is going strong. Davis defined the sound — and sounds — of modern jazz like no other in the way he integrated the electrical instrumentation of ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Four celebrated jazz musicians of the 21st century are paying homage to jazz’s most celebrated historic foursome ...

Modern jazz takes a fresh spin on June 9 with the debut of a new composition from Marcus Roberts and his 11-piece band at The Moon. In October of 2021, acclaimed jazz pianist Roberts was honored to ...

It’s a windy and chilly Wednesday evening at the elegant Aman Jazz Club in New York City, and Samara Joy, the sensational Grammy Award-winning singer is prepping for a performance. The 23-year-old ...

Roy Haynes. American jazz drummer and bandleader has died. Born in 1925 in Roxbury, Mass., he influenced generations of jazz drummers and helped change the direction of rhythmic improvisation. Roy ...

Jazz guitar has always been a dynamic art form, adapting to new styles while staying rooted in tradition. From the early swing and bebop pioneers to today’s fusion innovators, guitarists have expanded ...

Charleston Jazz — one of the Lowcountry’s cornerstone nonprofit arts organizations dedicated to performance, education and community outreach — has unveiled a vibrant 2026 calendar that reflects its ...

Jazz musician whose virtuosic abilities with the clarinet and tenor saxophone straddled traditional and modern jazz ...