A young troublemaker at the Colored Waif’s Home encounters one horn and two music educators. The world changes.

The Mellon Fellowship announced its commitment to New Orleans jazz lineage grants to local musicians over the age of 62.

When you think of Kansas City and New Orleans, what comes to mind? For many, it's the music—the jazz, the rhythm, and the deep-rooted history.

“This is the beginning of really all of what you know Louis Armstrong was, and all that jazz ... Orleans childhood (also the subject of a new book by Ricky Riccardi, "Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The ...

After exploring swing, early modern jazz, and the hard bop/cool dichotomy in earlier ... succinctly covered many generations of jazz in a brief eight minutes or so. “New Orleans Humbug,” by a New ...

Evan Christopher began playing clarinet in junior high school in Long Beach, CA. His first introduction to New Orleans music ...

Heralded pianist Sullivan Fortner, widely considered one of the best of his generation, steps out for a somewhat surprising project,  acknowledging his ...

TV, radio, odds, injury reports and more as the Sacramento Kings prepare to face the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King ...