Art Blakey's '’S Make It,' recorded in 1964 and released the following year on Limelight, is getting a Verve Vault reissue.

The career of brilliant saxophonist and clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera began in his native Cuba, where he first earned worldwide recognition as a member of the all-star group Irakere. Since coming to ...

On February 5th, a rare sight was seen in Boston: the Jazz Mandolin Project was on the road beyond Burlington, Vermont, for ...

"Birth of a Movement" explores how Black newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter helped launch a protest in 1915 to ban D. W. Griffith’s film, "Birth of a Nation." It will be ...

I always wanted to write how Miles Davis talked: abrupt, profane, contemptuous, in a stiletto rhythm that jabbed and stung and threw off unexpected sparks of enlightenment and tenderness. Of course, ...

The day-by-day schedule of the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been revealed. A list of the artists by weekend was released in mid-December, a full month earlier than when Jazz Fest ...

Critic Kevin Whitehead reflects on the jazz notables who died this year, including Sheila Jordan, Andy Bey, Ray Drummond, Bunky Green, Chuck Mangione, Eddie Palmieri and Jim McNeely. This is FRESH AIR ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled “New Dawn,” came from a ...

Jazz Jennings’ stunning weight loss was evident in a bathtub photo she shared from a recent trip to Las Vegas. The “I Am Jazz” star posted a carousel of photos on Instagram from her Sin City getaway, ...

The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, David Byrne and Lorde are among the big names set to headline the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2026, organizers announced Thursday. The fest returns ...