Name a music industry record, and chances are the Beatles hold it. With the release of their 1963 debut album Please Please Me, a quartet of shaggy-haired musicians from Liverpool forever altered the ...

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 ...

Outgoing House Majority Whip Jazz Lewis, a Democrat who represented Prince George’s County, will become the University of Maryland’s director of state government relations on Jan. 5. The announcement ...

Sad news today: Max Eider, who played in The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and was also a solo artist, has died. News came via the official Jazz Butcher Facebook account, though no details were shared. Real ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Michael Anthony Boston Sr., the owner of Boston’s House of Jazz, a popular Greensboro music venue, has died, his family announced. Boston was a longtime figure in Greensboro’s music ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Organizers of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival announced the event’s 2026 lineup on Thursday (Dec. 11). Jazz Fest’s 2026 headliners will feature a mix of classic rock, ...

Portland has an incredible jazz scene. Always has, hopefully always will. From the historically Black Albina district to KMHD Jazz Radio, Montevilla Jazz Festival to the Jack London Revue, The 1905 ...

So... what kind of a year was 2025 for jazz? Well, it marked the centennial of saxophonist Gene Ammons, drummer Roy Haynes, critic Nat Hentoff, pianist Jutta Hipp ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After much consternation, I’ve managed to pare down a long list of fine jazz-improv recordings from 2025 to a top 10. So, apologies to Marshall Allen, The ...

The Knicks were the team with syncopation, improvisation, rhythm and spontaneity from the start, all the traits that make jazz the wonderful art form it always has been. They also happened to be the ...

The most compelling releases of the year reimagined hip-hop tracks, deep-rooted collaborations and longstanding inspirations. By Hank Shteamer In a year that saw the deaths of two leading drummers, ...

It’s been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn’t aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums’ leaders are women, and five ...