Modern jazz artists are reshaping the genre ... creating attractive sounds that allure diverse audiences. From virtuosic pianists and soulful saxophonists to genre-blending multi-instrumentalists ...

The superbly alert and flexible drummer formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years. He was 82.

Saxophonists David Murray and Steve Coleman invented post-modern jazz, and pianists Don Pullen and Jason Moran made sense of the implications. Of course, this framework is an oversimplification ...

Last week in Paris, The Blue Note had Trumpeter Chet Baker and Pianists Kenny Drew and Bud ... Baker could easily have become a romantic hero of modern jazz. He plays with a mystic, “golden ...

Thelonious Monk marchia a fuoco con la sua personalità tutta un'epoca del jazz che è quella ... modern music— let alone modern culture—simply hasn’t been the same. Recognized as one of the most ...

Renowned for offering top-notch programming of accessible, timeless jazz featuring legendary performers, modern masters and rising stars, Smoke stands apart with its candlelit dining room, stellar ...

Shot in 1987 at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, this documentary film presents musical performances and conversations between three jazz pianists ... the roots of modern jazz and ...

The Modern Jazz Quartet was playing a kind of ... Bill Evans and Horace Silver all have had stronger influences than Monk’s on jazz pianists. Monk’s sound is so obviously his own that to ...

The American Pianists Association has selected the five young jazz pianists who will compete for one of the nation's most prestigious awards. Caelan Cardello, Esteban Castro, Paul Cornish ...

Gemma Warren Of all the cities Laufey has traveled to after a whirlwind year so far, it's London that will never fail to give the modern jazz singer the butterflies. The Icelandic-Chinese singer a ...