The skinny: The seminal jazz funk combo, which spun off from Herbie Hancock’s transformational 1973 album “Head Hunters,” ...

In his signature fedora, he gained wide popularity and 14 Grammy nominations, winning the award twice, while scaling ...

After two Grammy nominations and two gold albums, the band Hiroshima has sold over four million albums worldwide.

Mangione died in his sleep at his home in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday; he was 84. Born to a pair of Italian-American jazz enthusiasts in Rochester on November 29, 1940, Charles Frank Mangione ...

After concerts with U2 and Roxy Music and airplay on MTV in the '80s, Art in America are finally releasing Rise, their second ...

These eight acts are can’t-miss components of this year’s event - but where do the many pop performers fit into the equation?

On my recent trip to Los Angeles, I was gobsmacked to find a reissue of one of the “holy grails” of Brazilian jazz: the 1967 album by Quarteto Novo. This was something of a proto-super group as it ...

In 1965, reeling from the impact of Motown and the Brit invasion led by the Beatles, and about to be hit by the triple whammy that was acid rock and the rebel culture that went with it, jazz was on ...

One of the most celebrated jazz records of all time, “Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis is a cornerstone for any jazz collection. The album’s modal improvisation and iconic lineup of artists ...

Heather Campbell Coyle, the museum’s curator of American art, is the driving force behind the exhibition, which explores social change, diversity and the wide-reaching appeal of Jazz Age illustrations ...

Blakey kept the band together for decades, frequently replenishing its lineup with young talent, so that the Messengers became known as jazz’s premier finishing school. “Once he saw that you ...